Videos that start on web pages really slow up my computer

[Kaleva]

I often have two or three tabs open as I jump around but when a video starts to play at a website of one open tab, then my 'puter often seizes up for a bit.

These are videos that start on their own without me clicking on them. Is there a way to prevent such? I don't have a problem when I have only one tab open but I often like to have a few open as I read a thread here then go to the other tabs to do some research or further reading on the subject being discussed on DU.

[csziggy]

1. Recently I've been having the same problem

At one point I disabled Adobe Flash, but that just meant I couldn't play videos when I wanted to.

Mostly I'm replying so I can keep track of the thread and see what recommendations you get.

[bananas]

2. Firefox has a number of add-ons that address this

Firefox has "plugins.click_to_play" built in, google it.

There are a number of add-ons for getting rid of annoying junk on websites:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ghostery/

This add-on frees the memory from background tabs,
also stopping their scripts from running,
giving your foreground tab more memory and cpu;
the unloaded tabs are still there, but when you click on them they have to reload.
it's great if you have lots of tabs:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bartab/

[Kaleva]

4. With the first three ad-ons downloaded, things seem to be working fine so far.

Thanks!

[bananas]

3. Click-to-play for firefox, chrome, opera, and kind of for ie

http://dottech.org/99969/how-to-enable-click-to-play-firefox-chrome-opera-internet-explorer-tip-guide/