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Re: Thoughts about online video & autoplay

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From: Ro
Date: Aug 23, 2010 10:27AM

I tend to rely on auto start as controls never seem to be accessible.
If it's not youtube, I don't have much of a chance. However, there are
certain areas of the mlb.com website that have auto start and it can
be somewhat annoying. Generally though, if it's not on youtube, I
can't watch it. I've got a subscription to a youtube channel for my
baseball team. The guy posts videos on his blog too but I can't access
them, so I'm so grateful he puts them on youtube. If youtube ever went
to a non auto start site, I'd be totally out of luck.

-Randi and Guide Dog Jayden

I'm not disabled, my eyes are.
http://raynaadi.blogspot.com/

On Aug 23, 2010, at 8:48 AM, Patrick Dunphy wrote:

> As a rule, autoplay is considered bad form for audio/video on
> websites. If
> a site does have autoplay implemented, the responsible thing for
> site owners
> to do is enable users to mute or turn off as one of their first
> options
> regardless of how the user interacts with the site.
>
> I'd be curious to hear this groups feedback about television
> broadcasters
> and more specifically how their video offerings translate to the web
> with
> accessibilty in mind.
>
>
> Thanks!
> -PD
>