That makes it fairly easy to turn it off.Īccording to Microsoft, you only have to go to “tools,” select “safety,” and enable ActiveX Filtering. With Internet Explorer you can control autoplay through ActiveX filtering. It's easily done but the routine is different for each browser.
Nearly all web videos use Flash, so you just have to prevent Flash from starting when the page opens. You can turn off the video autoplay in your browser. Video can gobble up bandwidth, and over time it can cause these users to exceed their allotment during a billing cycle.įortunately, there's something you can do about it. In some cases, a page might have more than one video, with all starting at about the same time.įor people on measured bandwidth ISP accounts, autoplaying videos can be a nuisance for another reason. It's hard to concentrate with the audio from the video competing for your attention. Maybe the user just wants to read the article first. This can be annoying for a couple of reasons. But since almost all videos start with a short advertisement, the sites aren't content to just offer the video content, they make their videos begin automatically. Video content is a great feature and more providers are offering it. Like those creepy ads that follow you from website to website, just because a week ago you happened to look at a product the ad is promoting.īut perhaps the biggest annoyance is videos that automatically play once you open a page. More resources and faster, more targeted searches.īut there is no doubt that it has also gotten more annoying. ( Mark Huffman ConsumerAffairs) The case can be made that the Internet has gotten better in recent years. Video is fine, but you should decide when and if they play!
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