Blocking autoplay videos on desktop and mobile browsers
A look at blocking autoplay videos in the most popular desktop and mobile web browsers, i.e. Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge.
Firefox
Chrome makes up two-thirds of overall browser share
Google’s Chrome browser still dominates the desktop and mobile markets. Between Internet Explorer putting people off of Microsoft’s browser, the dominance of Android smartphones, and… Read More »Chrome makes up two-thirds of overall browser share
How to block autoplay videos in Firefox, Chrome, and Safari
I last wrote about blocking automatically playing videos (or “autoplay videos”) in web browsers back in 2017. Since then, a lot’s changed, from online video’s… Read More »How to block autoplay videos in Firefox, Chrome, and Safari
Chrome to make ad blockers less effective; recommended Chrome alternatives
Last week, Google announced that it plans to make some changes to how the Chrome web browser works. While the changes are supposedly out of… Read More »Chrome to make ad blockers less effective; recommended Chrome alternatives
5 favorite Firefox extensions
Lately, I’ve been regularly using Firefox on both my Android smartphone and on my laptop running Ubuntu MATE. While I still like Chrome (and still… Read More »5 favorite Firefox extensions
How to block autoplay videos in web browsers
Automatically playing videos (or “autoplay videos”) are one of the newest annoying things about the Web. They’re distracting; they can sometimes interfere with videos/audio one’s… Read More »How to block autoplay videos in web browsers
RIP Flash in Chrome
Back in February, I wrote about the decline in popularity of the once-all-but-mandatory Adobe Flash plugin. Google started to block it from their ad network.… Read More »RIP Flash in Chrome
Chrome now holds the top web browser share
For some time, Chrome has become a favorite web browser among many online users. But now it’s officially the most popular browser, according to statistics… Read More »Chrome now holds the top web browser share
Firefox now supports DRM out of the box
Firefox has unrolled its newest version, which now supports DRM content by default. Specifically, as of version 38 (out Tuesday) for Windows (Vista or later),… Read More »Firefox now supports DRM out of the box
Setting up Mom’s PC with Xubuntu 12.04
As a companion post to my ever-popular Xubuntu 12.04 post-installation guide (and its Linux Mint 14 LTS sibling guide), here’s a post about setting up… Read More »Setting up Mom’s PC with Xubuntu 12.04