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Autoplay: Chrome and Safari prepare to punish misuse advertising videos

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Chrome 64 and Safari 11 plan to punish misuse of Autoplay for video and audio on short term. What kind of misuse do they actually mean? The advertising industry has to fight constantly against our ability to ignore banners, text ads etc. So, they seek new ways to get their messages across and some of those, … Read more Autoplay: Chrome and Safari prepare to punish misuse advertising videos

The do’s and don’ts of the Autoplay feature

Autostart (currently known as autoplay) is an attribute of embedding code to determine if rich media should start to play automatically when a page is loaded. There is a bit of confusion about when to use this feature, so I’ve thrown a couple of scenarios on a heap to explain best practices. When is Autoplay … Read more The do’s and don’ts of the Autoplay feature