Option to disable autoplaying gifs and videos

[themadpsychologist]

themadpsychologist last edited by

This feature was one of the major reasons I switched from Firefox to Opera. If you are scrolling through Facebook, gifs can slow browsing speed to that of legislation. Why was it removed? Could it be added back? Other browsers have squat for convenience with this feature, though most do more than having no option at all, as Opera does right now. This is Opera's chance to shine.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator @themadpsychologist last edited by

@themadpsychologist Here, GIFs and videos on Facebook don't play automatically.

[themadpsychologist]

themadpsychologist @leocg last edited by

@leocg I just checked. Gifs do play automatically on Facebook.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator @themadpsychologist last edited by

@themadpsychologist Not here, because I have the option to play videos automatically disabled.
And yes, for Facebook (and other sites) GIFs are videos.

[concretable]

concretable last edited by

No idea how to stop gifs from animating, but I have an extension which stops HTML videos from autostarting: Disable HTML5 Autoplay.

[themadpsychologist]

themadpsychologist @leocg last edited by

@leocg I'm not sure what you are saying. How are Facebook videos here? I refer to using the Opera browser to view gifs on Facebook and places like that. I used to be able to set them to play only when clicked.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator @themadpsychologist last edited by

@themadpsychologist Facebook has an option to disable video auto-play.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator last edited by

Videos on Instagram also don't play automatically.

[themadpsychologist]

themadpsychologist @leocg last edited by

@leocg Okay, but Opera doesn't. I'm suggesting the feature be re-added.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator @themadpsychologist last edited by

@themadpsychologist Unless Chromium does something about it, I don't really think Opera will. But, who knows?