Tell HN: Legacy WebAudio content will break in Chrome 70

Re:Tell HN: Legacy WebAudio content will break in Chrome 70 by rcfox on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @01:51PM (#18068707)

While this sounds like a good change in theory, it doesn't really help against people who really, really want to play their sounds.

The same policy exists for popups. You no longer get websites automatically popping up windows on load. Instead, they hijack all click events so that they can create popups in response to user actions.

The policy doesn't solve the problem, it just delays it slightly. Is it any less surprising to have sound play when you attempt to click a link or highlight text?

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Re:Tell HN: Legacy WebAudio content will break in Chrome 70 by tinus_hn on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @04:09AM (#18073800)

I presume you never used the web right before popup blockers became a thing, it was terrible. Really not the same as the few shady sites that use tricks to show one popup these days.

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