auto-not

A Chrome extension to remove autoplaying HTML5 video and audio content from a Web page. No need to revisit the horrible olden times of Shockwave or MIDI file ambush.

Installation

Visit the Chrome Web Store, and click to install.

Removal

• Open chrome://extensions in your browser
• Click the traschcan icon to the right of the Auto-not name:

Usage

When confronted by unwanted motion pictures or sounds on a web page, try pressing the "Escape " key. If you have Auto-not installed and the annoyances have been brought into the Web page you're trying to read with the HTML5 autoplay attribute, you will observe the video(s) removed and audio playback paused.

Refresh the browser page to restore playback.

Generating the API documentation

• Install jsdoc:

$ npm install jsdoc

• Generate the documentation

$ cd auto-not
$ jsdoc app.js

• View the documentation at auto-not/out/index.html

Running the tests

• Install mocha and chai with NPM:

$ npm install mocha

$ npm install chai

• View the unit test results in test/test.html.

Acknowledgements

Much inspiration taken from the wholly essential Gif Stopper extension by Terry Moore.

Much gratitude to testers Robin Pentola and Erin Joan Snyder.