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Re:Everyone can now track down noisy tabs by swamp40 on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @05:53PM (#7060380)
Why don't they just give you the option to only play the video/audio when the tab is active?

Facebook already auto-starts some videos only when they are in view, so the technology is available.

If you want streaming audio, you just have to open up a new window.

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Re:Everyone can now track down noisy tabs by acqq on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @05:56PM (#7060388)
Exactly: let the user decide "I need this thing to keep playing music/video in the background." But unless he enables it, play it only when it's topmost.
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Re:Everyone can now track down noisy tabs by zavi on Wednesday January 15, 2014 @06:13PM (#7066911)
Lots of people stream Pandora and YouTube in background. Few people use new windows. Adding a control for users to decide would sacrifice simplicity of UX.
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