The info I was emailed about "block autoplay" is confusing. Why do I have to download Firefox again to get it? I just want to add it.
I received the email from Firefox about adding "AutoPlay Block" which I want as these irritate me. Since I already have Firefox why can't I just add the blocking extension itself. Why do I have to download Firefox again as it says? States "download Firefox with autoblock".
Chosen solution
This is probably merely about a hotfix to flip the media.autoplay.default pref from 0 (allowed) to 1 (blocked) with the result of disabling auto-play by default.
You can instead modify the pref yourself on the about:config page.
You can look at these prefs on the about:config page to see if these values work for you.
- media.autoplay.default = 1 [0=Allowed, 1=Blocked, 2=Prompt]
- media.autoplay.allow-muted = false
- media.autoplay.enabled.user-gestures-needed = false
For user-gestures-needed you can try false and true to see what works for you.
You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I accept the risk!" to continue.
Bug 1535667 - Gradual rollout of block autoplay on release 66
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Are you sure that came from Mozilla?
. Whenever you get a message / popup that software / files need to be updated;
DO NOT USE ANY OF THE PROVIDED LINKS
While this may be a legitimate message, it could also be Malware or a Virus. Anytime you want or need to check for upgrades, go to the website of the True Owner of the program in question. For example, to check out Firefox, go to https://www.mozilla.org {web link}
You can report such a site at; Google Report Phishing Page {web link} which is the same when done while on site by going to Help > Report Web Forgery
Help us safeguard Mozilla’s trademarks by reporting misuse {web link}
For over a year, an epidemic of Fake Update Notices have been popping up all over the place. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/forum-response-i-found-fake-firefox-update
Chosen Solution
This is probably merely about a hotfix to flip the media.autoplay.default pref from 0 (allowed) to 1 (blocked) with the result of disabling auto-play by default.
You can instead modify the pref yourself on the about:config page.
You can look at these prefs on the about:config page to see if these values work for you.
- media.autoplay.default = 1 [0=Allowed, 1=Blocked, 2=Prompt]
- media.autoplay.allow-muted = false
- media.autoplay.enabled.user-gestures-needed = false
For user-gestures-needed you can try false and true to see what works for you.
You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I accept the risk!" to continue.
Bug 1535667 - Gradual rollout of block autoplay on release 66
(please do not comment in bug reports
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=etiquette.html)
Modified by cor-el