Forum:Hidden autoplay songs

I'm sure I'm not the only one bothered by this, and most would likely agree.

I propose a simple rule against having hidden autoplaying songs on userpages.

It is fine to have musical interests of your own, but thinking that everyone needs to listen to it without the option to pause is bogus. Discuss. Shotrocket6 01:33, November 13, 2011 (UTC)

I agree, whilst I don't mind songs on a userpage by being hidden I can't change the volume without changing my master volume. As I said I don't mind the autoplay, just don't like not being able to adjust the sound by either lowering it or pausing it. -   Crazy sam10 Talk   01:36, November 13, 2011 (UTC)


 * Per Crazy sam.  Eternal Blaze  01:41, November 13, 2011 (UTC)

Is it possible to use a variation of that code we use to hide custom userpage sidebar backgrounds? Poketape Talk 02:46, November 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't know. Shotrocket6 02:48, November 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * There's javascript for it. 03:01, November 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * From what I know, there's javascript for everything. Shotrocket6 03:02, November 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * I remember having a script from Joey that would prevent any music from hidden players to play, but whenever I enter Nyx's or N7's userpage for example, I still hear it. MLGisNot4Me (talk) 10:15, November 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * I took mine out a while ago :-: 10:20, November 14, 2011 (UTC)

Agreed. They at least shouldn't be hidden. MLGisNot4Me (talk) 10:15, November 14, 2011 (UTC)

Hummm... not sure I agree with you here, SR6. If I were to click on a user page and some music I didn't like started playing, I'd just leave the page. I don't see why we should make a rule against a problem with such a simple solution. Sgt. S.S. 21:25, November 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * Then you'd defeat the purpose on why you ever came to the page if you left. 21:27, November 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * Because if you're focused on something and 3 seconds after you click on someone's page, a high volumed as hell music appears. Happened to me a few times while using headphones, not funny. And also one of the reasons I took mine too -21:29, November 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * Focused on what, precisely? IDK about you, but if this happened to me, my thoughts would be something like, "Urrgh, fricking Lady Gaga again. Better click out quickly before my eardrums melt". I wouldn't go looking to make a rule against hidden autoplays. Sgt. S.S. 21:39, November 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * You see it's a problem; you want to go to the userpage to see what's up, but can't because all of a sudden Lady Gaga music pops up, so you have to leave. 21:43, November 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * So you'd rather sacrifice potentially crucial information on a page for the simple joy of a hidden autoplayer? Shotrocket6 21:43, November 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * @MLG: So why not just turn down the volume on your speakers? IDK why you'd have it on unless you were watching a video or something, anyway. @SR6: Yeah... what kind of "crucial" info is put on a userpage? Sgt. S.S. 21:45, November 14, 2011 (UTC)