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#74989 11-Jan-2011 12:01

Does anyone else find this annoying that the videos play automatically. You do get the option to stop them, but I would rather they just played when you chose.

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#426074 11-Jan-2011 12:06

Yep... Specially if you are in an office situation and don't want loud noises going out without you knowing.

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#426080 11-Jan-2011 12:22

Flashblock ftw <3

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#426081 11-Jan-2011 12:26

Seems to be a Fairfax thing as their other sites do it too. And yes, it's bloody annoying!

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#426084 11-Jan-2011 12:28

Yes quite annoying. It would make me more interested in watching if they didn't play automatically.

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#426085 11-Jan-2011 12:29

Yep damn annoying - I have let them know too and tend to go elsewhere first now.

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#426107 11-Jan-2011 13:18

I concur, simply put its a PITA when opening several tabs for reading .. next thing im being pelted by the noise of 3 or 4 videos starting at the same time.

I also now go elsewhere to get my news fix.

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#426109 11-Jan-2011 13:30

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Websites with sound make me angry!

I have "Stop Autoplay for Youtube" Chrome extension, this is cool as I can open lots of tabs of videos, and come back to them when they have all loaded. But it doesn't stop the Stuff player, obviously.

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#426183 11-Jan-2011 16:14

Yes it is amazingly annoying. It should be user initiated & not a default. They could even have preferences where people choose to have it on for the site. However the default should be not to play!

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#426196 11-Jan-2011 16:47

+1 ,on the Annoyance

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#426216 11-Jan-2011 17:16

Autoplay (and autobuffer) on videos annoys me too, especially when they're video ads and I'm using a tethered phone!

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#426226 11-Jan-2011 17:49

Time to band togeather and show Stuff how you feel.
Their 'contact us' link is http://www.stuff.co.nz/about-stuff/general-feedback/
I've sent my feelings via the 'Make a complaint' option. If ya do send them a comment, it would pay to be polite, rudeness just gets peoples hackles up ;)

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#426228 11-Jan-2011 17:55

+1 for PITA

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#426247 11-Jan-2011 18:53

The sydney morning herald has an option to click dont play when you open a page it counts down from about 5 then starts to play.

but yes websites that make noise and play stuff automagic drive me nuts. I tend to close them and move on.

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#426263 11-Jan-2011 19:19

I agree with this also. This feature makes browsing Stuff terrible. I believe autoplay videos (or at least audio) used to be a bad coding practice didn't it?

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#426291 11-Jan-2011 20:35

What makes it worse is that sometimes they don't specify that the link has a video, so you open a few tabs and all of a sudden get annoying noise and you have to find the right tab!

SERIOUS PITA

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