Sep 23 2019 12:35 PM
"Allow" and "Limit" both have the same description. "Block" has a different one.
"Limit" and "Allow" should have distinct descriptions.
right now the user can't know the difference between what "Allow" and "Limit" does in action.
Sep 23 2019 02:15 PM
Hi @HotCakeX, thank you for the feedback. I have reached out to the team that owns this and have begun the conversation. On one hand, the current version of Microsoft Edge doesn't provide help strings, and we haven't heard much negative feedback, but on the other, it makes it much more clear what the different options do. Thank you again for the suggestion.
Sep 24 2019 11:22 AM - edited Sep 24 2019 11:23 AM
SolutionOfficial Explanation:
You can choose from two options which restrict whether video and audio can play automatically. If you choose Limit, media will autoplay based on how you’ve used media on that site in the past. If you choose Block, all sites will be blocked from playing media automatically.
source: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Discussions/Top-feedback-summary-for-September-24/m-p/873008
Sep 24 2019 12:31 PM
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Sep 24 2019 12:57 PM
Apr 08 2020 10:48 AM
@HotCakeX, what happened to block for media autoplay? Can anyone from Microsoft explain why block has gone away as the choices are now allow and limit. I'd love to see block be there as I'd set and recommend that be set for people. It is so annoying to land on a page and have a video auto-start.
Apr 08 2020 10:52 AM
Adding @Elliot Kirk, @josh_bodner, and @David Rubino to this conversation as I'm curious to know why block vanished?!
Apr 08 2020 12:03 PM
@Jeffrey Allen wrote:@HotCakeX, what happened to block for media autoplay? Can anyone from Microsoft explain why block has gone away as the choices are now allow and limit. I'd love to see block be there as I'd set and recommend that be set for people. It is so annoying to land on a page and have a video auto-start.
Hi, it's not gone, it's just behind a flag.
this happened 3 or 4 months ago..
you can bring it back by going to: edge://flags/
and enable this flag:
If enabled, block will appear as an option in media autoplay settings. – Mac, Windows
Apr 08 2020 12:34 PM
@HotCakeX, thanks I had it before and it went away. I did just test on two pages and the videos are still auto playing even with block chosen.
Apr 08 2020 12:45 PM
Apr 08 2020 12:49 PM
@HotCakeX, I've tried manually pasting. Manually typing, even clearing out cached settings etc and I have about a dozen sites that I have just tested that auto-play no matter what I try and do it's very annoying including YouTube.
Apr 08 2020 12:52 PM
Apr 08 2020 12:54 PM
@HotCakeX, I use the Dev version for primary and have tested this on Stable as well.
Apr 08 2020 01:09 PM
Apr 08 2020 01:20 PM
@HotCakeX, I understand Stable is behind which is why I use Dev daily as it is more current but Canary I found too unstable.
Sep 24 2019 11:22 AM - edited Sep 24 2019 11:23 AM
SolutionOfficial Explanation:
You can choose from two options which restrict whether video and audio can play automatically. If you choose Limit, media will autoplay based on how you’ve used media on that site in the past. If you choose Block, all sites will be blocked from playing media automatically.
source: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Discussions/Top-feedback-summary-for-September-24/m-p/873008