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Re:Some notes on Firefox's media autoplay settings in practi... by ryandrake on Saturday March 30, 2024 @10:14AM (#39875104)
You are right, but it’s at least one step in the right direction. Browsers are so timid when it comes to giving users control, I’ll take anything.

I don’t get this web developer attitude of just ignoring the user’s preference and working around it. The user should be in control of what the browser is doing, not the web developer. I really want to love JavaScript but it’s power to override user preferences is inexcusable.

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Re:Some notes on Firefox's media autoplay settings in practi... by skydhash on Saturday March 30, 2024 @03:38PM (#39877908)
I like Safari, but it does not want me to enable JavaScript per site.
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Re:Some notes on Firefox's media autoplay settings in practi... by ryandrake on Saturday March 30, 2024 @03:45PM (#39877962)
Safari desktop has recently made toggling JavaScript a huge pain in the ass. Before, it was just in the menu: Develop -> Disable JavaScript. With the most recent Safari, you have to go into Settings, then Security tab, then uncheck Enable JavaScript.

Horrible and totally unnecessary UI change, Apple. You could have easily kept the menu item. This is a frequently used action, it shouldn't be buried in Settings!!

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