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Re:Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video a... by jancsika on Monday February 04, 2019 @12:54PM (#19078688)
Why once? Why not none?
Re:Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video a... by LinuxBender on Monday February 04, 2019 @02:44PM (#19079905)
So I can view tihngs like noaa once. [1] I need to walk my out-of-shape self around the parking lot and that will tell me how long I have to not get wet.

[1] - https://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/weus/vis-animated.gif

Re:Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video a... by jancsika on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @02:53PM (#19089110)
Oh man. Seems like the side-effect would be that you have to refresh the site to let your eyes have another pass through the animation.

Either that or it's forced you to develop a razor sharp visual memory of short weather animations. :)

Re:Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video a... by LinuxBender on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @05:04PM (#19090411)
One pass is usually good enough for me to know how many minutes I have before I might get soaked. :-)