Reply to: FireFox 57

[Fred Bloggs]

Hmm, might have to look into HTML 5 blocker - thanks. I use ADP, which works well, but those autoplays are irritating. There’s a number of news websites that are bad for that now.

Until browsers natively offer a button that stops the infernal HTML5 cr*p from auto playing, it's essential. Especially in an office when you are looking for something and some stupid website launches into playing unwanted video or audio at the entire office. Daily Telegraph is especially bad when I read it first thing with a brew and at lunchtime.

PS - The correct name for the Chrome plug in is "Disable HTML5 Autoplay"

[d000hg]

If I understand OH correctly, he wants to be able to click a button (or similar) that temporarily disables all links, video, and scripts on a page, thereby rendering it completely non-interactive other than scrolling. (Well, not quite: form submission would need to be disabled as well. Oh, and audio.)

He says nothing about ads, though most of them depend on scripts, so they'd get blocked as a pleasant side effect

I think this button already exists.

[SueEllen]

Safari with AdblockPlus (free) does that.
MailOnline home page: 27 blocks using ABP, no videos autoplaying, no sidebars, etc

Firefox 57 has adblock and it has blocked loads of those annoying videos.

[WTFH]

I'd like a simple (?) browser add-on that one could use to toggle scripting of a page off and back on, which includes disabling links and halting video playback, i.e. completely stopping the page in its tracks.

That way I can scan through the Daily Mail online main page without the perishing thing automatically refreshing itself when I'm half way through, or me accidently clicking a link or having distracting videos (mostly ads) playing away in the background pinching half the CP time

Safari with AdblockPlus (free) does that.
MailOnline home page: 27 blocks using ABP, no videos autoplaying, no sidebars, etc

Unfortunately Safari hasn't been updated for PCs in about 5 years so you won't get the good features.

[Hobosapien]

beat me to it

So they've finally got round to making https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_Down

The book was surprisingly good, much better than the browser. Shame they never did a movie to back up the first one.

[vetran]

I prefer Fox Force Five.

Ketchup!!!

[Lockhouse]

I prefer Fox Force Five.

[jamesbrown]

Me too, though I do deploy U block origin and HTML 5 Blocker to stop the Daily Telegraph auto playing tons of animations and audio I just do not want to see/hear.

Hmm, might have to look into HTML 5 blocker - thanks. I use ADP, which works well, but those autoplays are irritating. There’s a number of news websites that are bad for that now.

[Fred Bloggs]

Binned FF for Chrome ages ago.

Me too, though I do deploy U block origin and HTML 5 Blocker to stop the Daily Telegraph auto playing tons of animations and audio I just do not want to see/hear.

[vetran]

beat me to it

[PurpleGorilla]

Firefox 1982

[NickFitz]

You mean an adblock plugin?

If I understand OH correctly, he wants to be able to click a button (or similar) that temporarily disables all links, video, and scripts on a page, thereby rendering it completely non-interactive other than scrolling. (Well, not quite: form submission would need to be disabled as well. Oh, and audio.)

He says nothing about ads, though most of them depend on scripts, so they'd get blocked as a pleasant side effect

[SueEllen]

That's three separate things: autoplay <video> doesn't require scripting, and links don't require either of them, being the sole purpose for which the browser was originally invented by TBL before there was even an <img> tag.

I daresay there's plugins that can do what you want: have a look on https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/

You mean an adblock plugin?

[NickFitz]

I'd like a simple (?) browser add-on that one could use to toggle scripting of a page off and back on, which includes disabling links and halting video playback, i.e. completely stopping the page in its tracks.

That's three separate things: autoplay <video> doesn't require scripting, and links don't require either of them, being the sole purpose for which the browser was originally invented by TBL before there was even an <img> tag.

I daresay there's plugins that can do what you want: have a look on https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/

[AtW]

That must be why the Firefox team worked with extension developers for two years to ensure they had new versions, that don't depend on the horrendously insecure Netscape Plugin API, ready for today

Bog all ready.