Coytee Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 I use Mozilla's Firefox as a browser. Also, living in the boonies, I don't have a dedicated land line for internet access, I'm using a satellite. Since my needs are somewhat small and my PC is old/slow, I have their base package of 10 Gig/month (before it throttles down on me) even at the throttled down speed it's better than I used to have when I had a dedicated line for it!! I digress.... So, I have 10 Gig of use. I notice a little video, I hate to call them pop up's but that's what they seem to be. Firefox will start, I'll be reading something on the news and an image related to what I'm reading will start a video, usually on the right hand side. It starts automatically and I don't want that. Bottom line, how can I shut down ALL automatic video's? I don't want them, don't need them and they just chew up my 10 gig needlessly. I don't even have PC speakers attached so I can't hear what they're saying. Appreciate any thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2point1 Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusaDude Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 2 hours ago, Coytee said: Bottom line, how can I shut down ALL automatic video's? Appreciate any thoughts. The add-on for Ad-Block that 2point1 suggested above should be installed. Then check out these links to help disable autoplay and pop-ups... https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1103127 https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/pop-blocker-settings-exceptions-troubleshooting#w_pop-up-blocker-settings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 The good news is that Mozilla seems to hate Adobe Flash which is the player most of those videos want. With these recent releases of Waterfox 64, most of those videos don't seem to work on my computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted September 18, 2016 Author Share Posted September 18, 2016 I installed one of those things (above) Today, it doesn't look like the videos are automatically working. They have a little icon or error mark in their center. Thank you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Perfect. I'm glad problem resolved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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