Help me program a YouTube commercial avoidance mechanism
February 22, 2011 12:43 PM Subscribe
I want to make a Firefox extension that helps multi-tabbing users circumvent annoying YouTube ads. Looking for advice.
YouTube constantly bombards me with annoying, repetitive 30 second commercials. I want to build an extension for tabbed browsing that does the following:
(a.) Immediately mutes the tab playing the commercial.
(b.) Displays an in-tab loading timer (see image for an example of what I'm thinking of: http://imgur.com/YWJXK). With a 30 second commercial, the background color would span halfway across the tab at 15 seconds, and 2/3rds of the way across the tab at 20 seconds.
(c.) Pauses the video at 1 second in once the actual video starts playing and restores volume.
Is this remotely possible? I have a little experience with JavaScript and would appreciate any advice on this specific project or on starting out making Firefox extensions more generally. Thanks!
YouTube constantly bombards me with annoying, repetitive 30 second commercials. I want to build an extension for tabbed browsing that does the following:
(a.) Immediately mutes the tab playing the commercial.
(b.) Displays an in-tab loading timer (see image for an example of what I'm thinking of: http://imgur.com/YWJXK). With a 30 second commercial, the background color would span halfway across the tab at 15 seconds, and 2/3rds of the way across the tab at 20 seconds.
(c.) Pauses the video at 1 second in once the actual video starts playing and restores volume.
Is this remotely possible? I have a little experience with JavaScript and would appreciate any advice on this specific project or on starting out making Firefox extensions more generally. Thanks!
I use AdBlock Plus and have never seen a YouTube ad ever. I always browse with multiple tabs.
posted by turkeyphant at 1:03 PM on February 22, 2011
posted by turkeyphant at 1:03 PM on February 22, 2011
Response by poster: I will try those out, but I'd also like to try making it myself as an exercise. Thanks!
posted by JamesJD at 1:07 PM on February 22, 2011
posted by JamesJD at 1:07 PM on February 22, 2011
Response by poster: * I will also try building on YousableTube Fix.
posted by JamesJD at 1:08 PM on February 22, 2011
posted by JamesJD at 1:08 PM on February 22, 2011
YouTube has commercials?! This is news to me. I use AdBlock and I've no clue about any commercials.
posted by Senza Volto at 5:42 AM on February 23, 2011
posted by Senza Volto at 5:42 AM on February 23, 2011
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posted by bcwinters at 12:58 PM on February 22, 2011