Re: [opensuse] Browsers [Was: Unresponsive laptop -- memory leak?]

On 18/12/2018 21.35, Dave Howorth wrote:

On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 20:34:10 +0100 "Carlos E. R." <> wrote:

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On 18/12/2018 17.20, Dave Howorth wrote:

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On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 15:26:31 +0100 Liam Proven wrote:

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I opened a few tabs with a middle-click, almost at random.

#3 was this:

https://www.cnet.com/news/scientists-discover-rare-fossil-from-the-big-bang/

This has an autoplay video, unrelated to the story, at bottom right. Currently it is trying to tell me about "the top 5 best tech toys".

Hmm, there's no autoplay video on my machine, because cnet isn't allowed to run javascript. And if I do allow it for some reason, there's still nothing. If I further allow cbsistatic.com then there's a whole load of crap loads, but still no autoplay video. In fact no matter what I do there's no autoplay video, simply because I disabled it globally in Firefox's preferences. :)

I have disabled autoplay video, yet they play.

I've yet to encounter any example at all that does that. Could you provide a link to one? (Oh, you are using the opensuse packaged 60.3.0esr? Things are different in later versions as a quick search will explain)

It is not easy to find one now when I want to :-) I did not mean that all videos play automatically. It is some on some sites with "clever" scripting, if I remember correctly they were commercials. I'll try [...] no luck. However, youtube videos preload a bit on tab load, which is an issue when I'm using the phone for internet, it is metered.

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The new fashion on some news sites when you open certain pages with videos is that the video is there, loading but stopped (thus using bandwith). As I read the text and page down, a new small window pops up at the bottom left of the page, with the video, sometimes running, and impossible to close, yet obscuring part of the text, specially on phones or tablets.

It is way worse on Chrome. In Firefox at least I can block some with ABP.

:) Chrome - don't touch it. chromium - only when I have to.

I use it when FF doesn't properly work with some site. Specially those that /prefer/ Windows. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.3 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)