Remove Fairfax autoplay video links

By Flashman — Last update Jan 4, 2010 — Installed 709 times.


Script Summary: Stops Fairfax news sites from automatically playing videos after five seconds.

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Fairfax news websites (including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Brisbane Times) inflict videos on their users which begin playing after 5 seconds. This script prevents that behaviour. The "autostart" behaviour is triggered via the presence of "?autostart=1" in any Fairfax URL. This script simply looks for "autostart" in any URLs and eliminates it. If you like this script, tell your friends about it.
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