maartenaElmo Premium Member join:2002-05-10 Orange, CA |
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Re: One more nail is in the coffin for Adobe Flash...Does HTML5 already have provisions for DRM? (I believe that was an issue at some point). If no DRM, video streaming sites such as Netflix will remain on either flash or Silverlight. Amazon is Silverlight only at the moment, which makes it a pain on non-Windows boxes. |
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Wasn't asking about Flash. I can block it with a couple of extensions. I was asking about blocking or making HTML5 ask first. I dislike videos to begin with, and to have them run without asking annoys me. I don't watch entertainment videos. I watch tutorials and other informational vids. Some of the presenters are so damn bad that the video is painful to watch for the information. I can read faster than the presenters can talk, anyway. It's very inconvenient if you do want to run a segment over again. They need ticks, lines whatever you want to call them on the progress bar as reference points for frame sequences. I found 2 extensions that were supposed to block HTML5. I'd want one that made sure it asked first before running. Or else a tweak to ask first. |
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DavesnothereChange is NOT Necessarily Progress Premium Member join:2009-06-15 Canada |
said by carpetshark3:Wasn't asking about Flash. I can block it with a couple of extensions.
I was asking about blocking HTML5 or making it ask first.
I dislike videos to begin with, and to have them run without asking annoys me....
....I found 2 extensions that were supposed to block HTML5. I'd want one that made sure it asked first before running.
Or else a tweak to ask first. Agreed - Same functionality as I was asking regarding Flash. It would be logical to want a control mechanism for HTML5 or for any other video content delivery system which may come along. |
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Frodo
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2015-Jan-30 10:25 pm
I also need a solution to block HTML5 streaming. According to Flashblock, it can block html5.
So, I disabled flash, went to Youtube and indeed, the flashblock button appeared, and the video didn't start playing, but the browser did buffer the video. (I monitored the network). At work, we can infrequently surf the net, but no streaming for bandwidth reasons, so I need a solution that prevents any video from downloading, whether it is playing or not.
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Tried making this setting "media.autoplay.enabled" to false, restarted the browser and see this:
The light gray bar was moving across the bottom of the player while bandwidth monitor showing downloading, while the Flashblock button prevents playing, so still without a solution to block streaming in Firefox. At work, I don't go to Youtube, but on other sites I have run into streaming HTML5 ads. I have to stop that kind of bandwidth, even if I have to change the User Agent to do it.
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DavesnothereChange is NOT Necessarily Progress Premium Member join:2009-06-15 Canada |
Was this always the default behaviour of Flashblock, even when it functioned properly ? |
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Frodo
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2015-Jan-30 11:31 pm
I think Flashblock has been working correctly with Flash, as opposed to HTML5. |
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Anon
2015-Jan-31 4:58 am
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(topic move) One more nail is in the coffin for Adobe Flash...Moderator ActionThe post that was here (and all 6 followups to it), has been moved to a new topic .. » One more nail is in the coffin for Adobe Flash... |
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Re: One more nail is in the coffin for Adobe Flash...said by maartena: If no DRM, video streaming sites such as Netflix will remain on either flash or Silverlight. Netflix does use HTML5, go to your account settings page on their website and set "Prefer HTML5 player" under preferences. Now, I haven't tried this from Windows, but I've been watching Netflix using the latest stable version of Google Chrome on Linux Mint 13 (Maya). It doesn't work with Firefox because supposedly they are having issues with including DRM with their version of HTML5. » liliputing.com/2014/10/n ··· ome.html |
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T BellT Bell Premium Member join:2003-10-23 Terra Firma |
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"Silverlight" - please... forced to use this monster in a portal necessary for business - hate it. |
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said by Frodo:I also need a solution to block HTML5 streaming. Interesting the stream happens anyway. My experience with Flash Control is that it works differently than Flashblock so may be worth a try. It also does HTML5. On the other hand, it may depend strictly how the site calls up that stream in HTML5 if Firefox fetches it anyway. Firefox has been on a silly-binge of every little thing to improve performance. |
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Frodo
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2015-Jan-31 3:30 pm
Flash Control appears to be blocking the HTML5 streaming. Thanks for the tip. |
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DavesnothereChange is NOT Necessarily Progress Premium Member join:2009-06-15 Canada
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And there is a new updated version as of now : » [Extension] Flash Control 1.2.5 Released |
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antdude
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2015-Feb-2 3:15 am
How is it compared to FlashBlock extension? I stopped using it since Mozilla added plug-ins controller (e.g., ask to activate), so I dumped FlashBlock extension. However, that won't work for HTML5 videos since it is not using any plugins. |
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2015-Feb-2 3:47 am
YouTube High Definition extension has a setting to stop auto play of HTML5 video. It's excellent and Baris Darin keeps it very up to date with frequent updates just as he does with his other excellent extensions. » addons.mozilla.org/en-US ··· /?src=ss |
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said by antdude:How is it compared to FlashBlock extension? I stopped using it since Mozilla added plug-ins controller (e.g., ask to activate), so I dumped FlashBlock extension. Flash Control seems a bit more robust than Flashblock and both do HTML5. They are supposed to act very similar but Flashblock went through some broken times, recently. I did some playing with "Ask to Activate" but it's all-or-nothing by site which is fine if that's one's preference. But I'm too sold on the element-by-element enable. |
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DavesnothereChange is NOT Necessarily Progress Premium Member join:2009-06-15 Canada |
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said by antdude: How is it compared to FlashBlock extension?I stopped using it since Mozilla added plug-ins controller (e.g., ask to activate), so I dumped FlashBlock extension. However, that won't work for HTML5 videos since it is not using any plugins. Please refer to my linked thread. I have been posting details there about my own tests of Flash Control, as they are more On Topic there. |
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