What REALLY grinds your gears?

[Buffalo Bob]

The large font that now seems prevalent on all sports websites (ESPN, FOX, CBS etc) It seems they have all copied each others format. Also anytime you
click on a game recap or even look up scores a video immediately starts up
with some loud blowhard screaming at you. I don't understand the point of
videos immediately running on all pages, annoying as hell to me. What is the purpose and they aren't selling anything.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Originally Posted by Buffalo Bob

The large font that now seems prevalent on all sports websites (ESPN, FOX, CBS etc) It seems they have all copied each others format. Also anytime you
click on a game recap or even look up scores a video immediately starts up
with some loud blowhard screaming at you. I don't understand the point of
videos immediately running on all pages, annoying as hell to me. What is the purpose and they aren't selling anything.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/fir.../flashstopper/

This drive me insane too, ESPECIALLY when I'm at work and starts BLASTING.

[Buffalo Bob]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/fir.../flashstopper/

This drive me insane too, ESPECIALLY when I'm at work and starts BLASTING.

Thanks, so far it works everywhere but ESPN. Even proactively setting it for ESPN and the videos still play when you open the page. I have satellite internet
where things don't work like they should on many websites, maybe that is the
problem.

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by Buffalo Bob

Thanks, so far it works everywhere but ESPN. Even proactively setting it for ESPN and the videos still play when you open the page. I have satellite internet
where things don't work like they should on many websites, maybe that is the
problem.

okay, couple things.

first on the player on any espn page: (ie)
Washington Redskins' Jay Gruden on Kirk Cousins: Have to have patience - Washington Redskins Blog - ESPN

in the lower right of the embedded video player there's an autoplay on/off thing, click it off, that should fix it without flashcontrol.


a second and completely separate option is in flashcontrol, go to settings, on the left side of the screen, go to blacklist, click on site and enter:
*player.ooyala.com*

and it'll totally kill all the videos on espn when flashcontrol is not disabled i believe. you could also enter:

*espn.go.com*

though that may or may not work as well.


hope that helps. again, easiest answer is just click autoplay off in the embedded video player.