MutedAutoplayOnMacosSafari11Plus setting which allow us to automatically opt for muted autoplay of HTML5 video specifically for macOS Safari 11. Starting with Radiant Media Player version 4.4.19 we introduced the This means we can still use muted autoplay to start our media content for users that did not opt-in for the "Never Auto-Play" option. While we can imagine that some users are going to configure Safari 11 with the "Never Auto-Play" option we can also assume that most users will keep the default "Stop Media with Sound" setting. This new Safari 11 feature is Apple way of embracing this trend and has received "quite a warm" welcome from the community. The idea behind this trend is to provide users a better web experience when accessing media content, but one can imagine there Put this in parallel with the other trend in the industry of blocking advertisement on websites through ad-blockers. Many browser extensions and settings have come to see the light of day to allow fine tuning and blocking autoplay of media content.
Tweet What is macOS Safari 11 "Stop Media with Sound" new feature?Įnd of September 2017, Apple publicly released Safari 11 as an update for macOS 10.12 users.
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