Most of the time when I browse and consume content on internet pages I’m trying to scan and read. Ads and videos that automatically start playing are more of a nuisance. They produce noise, delay the page from loading, and require I scroll through the page to stop them. Last year I disabled flash player content from playing automatically in my Chrome browser by disabling plugin in the settings.
To do this type following in the web address bar: chrome://plugins/
Then disable the player but make sure the box is checked to allow it to run.
Now a page that has videos that automatically load displays this
Microsoft, Google, and Mozilla have announced plans to disable flash by default on future releases of their browsers. The reasons that drive this decision are performance and security. I’d like to add nuisance reduction as well 😉
Onward and upward!