# Web sites that disable normal browser functions **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 3, 2013, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-sites-that-disable-normal-browser-functions/660028 "2013-06-03T13:09:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-sites-that-disable-normal-browser-functions/660028/21 "2013-06-05T17:46:14Z")
> [@AngelSoft](#): > > Well I know in Windows 7 you can turn off the sounds on specific programs that are open up. Which I find helpful for games that leave the ambient sounds going even when you’ve alt-tabbed out of them. Well, bravo, Microsoft. I may have to upgrade my XP box. Now if Apple and the browser makers could get their asses in gear… ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-sites-that-disable-normal-browser-functions/660028/22 "2013-06-05T17:54:50Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > It used to be very popular on MySpace pages. I’m seeing a trend towards to same thing on some Tumblr pages. You can change it in preferences, but YouTube auto starts videos. If you reopen last session and have more than one YouTube page open in multiple tabs, they will all just start playing simultaneously in your browser. This is why I love that the good web browser (aka Firefox) don’t actually fully load all the pages when you come back. A bigger reason to like it is that my computer doesn’t slow down trying open all the 30+ tabs of the modern bloated pages. Offloaded tabs are great, and I’m surprised no other browser seems to be using them. Particularly Chrome, with their reputation of being really fast. Chrome is outright sluggish if I make it reload previous tabs. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-sites-that-disable-normal-browser-functions/660028/23 "2013-06-05T19:25:00Z")
A long time ago you could hit the ESC key and it would stop all animations on the current web page. Maybe that was a Netscape-only thing, but it certainly was a very nice feature. These days I have no choice but to block annoying flashing ads. If there were a simple way of just stopping them from moving, on demand, I would probably not block them. ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-sites-that-disable-normal-browser-functions/660028/24 "2013-06-05T23:18:12Z")
[quote=“AngelSoft, post:17, topic:660028”] You got me all excited and just linked me back to this thread. ☹ That’s just cruel. :eek:HOW did I do that? I think I’ll blame my keyboard…okay I’m going to try again. [This should work](http://www.andiesisle.com/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-sites-that-disable-normal-browser-functions/660028/25 "2013-06-06T01:03:44Z")
The one I find most annoying is auto-refresh. I’m sure there is an extension for this, but never going back has worked fine so far. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-sites-that-disable-normal-browser-functions/660028/26 "2013-06-06T04:54:28Z")
> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#): > > I’d like to see web browsers stop letting these things work at all until I explicitly give permission. > > A website should not be able to disable my right click context menu > A website should not be able to resize my window > A website should not be able to make noise > > …unless I ok it or whitelist it. > > I still think it’s absurd that in this day, OSes don’t have the option to limit sound to certain apps, and web browsers don’t limit sound to certain domains/tabs. This is what I love about NoScript. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-sites-that-disable-normal-browser-functions/660028/27 "2013-06-13T04:48:31Z")
> [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](#): > > > [@AngelSoft](#): > > > > You got me all excited and just linked me back to this thread. ☹ That’s just cruel. > > :eek:HOW did I do that? I think I’ll blame my keyboard…okay I’m going to try again. > [This should work](http://www.andiesisle.com/index.html) That is quite funny on a touch device, the cursor sparklies just inhabit the upper left hand corner of the screen. No audio, though, I guess it must be flash generated. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-sites-that-disable-normal-browser-functions/660028.md?page=1)