Photosensitivity Video Blocker

Stops videos and gifs from auto-playing.

Photosensitivity Video Blocker

Photosensitivity Video Blocker is a Chrome extension that stops videos and gifs from auto-playing, providing a safer browsing experience for photosensitive individuals.

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By: Avenar Codeworks

Users: 196

Rating: 3.00

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Version: 0.1.5 (Last updated: 2023-10-23)

Creation date: 2023-08-09

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

scripting
storage

Host permissions:

http://*/*
https://*/*
file://*/*

Size: 26.54K

Email: av*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 56,014 ▲ 591

Other rankings

#1332 in Accessibility ▲ 2

#78 in animation keyword 12 ▼ 4

#127 in pause keyword 13

#134 in force keyword 19 ▼ 1

#155 in gif keyword 23

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Not available on Edge

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What it is:

This is a tool for photosensitive people (or people tired of overwhelming amounts of animation on the internet at large) to more safely browse the internet without traversing it like a minefield.

This extension finds any .gif, .png and .webp imagefiles on any webpage, determines if they are animated, and then replaces them with pre-paused playable versions. Additionally it attempts to pause and prevent video elements from automatic playback.

!!NOTICE!! While we strive to block as much potentially disrupting content as possible, this product is not a perfect solution. Please exercise due caution when browsing the internet, if you are sensitive and could suffer harm or discomfort. !!NOTICE!!

What it does:

User reviews

could do with a one click on/off button which would have immediate effect. This way it's a lot of work to turn it on/off. Lots of clicks and then having to reload the tab.

Jean Cremers, 2024-12-12

I checked "on click" for "Allow this extension to read and modify all your data from the sites you visit", so I expect it to stop the .gif just by clicking the addon icon, but it's active on every site and you have to click on the addon icon to disable it! Another very annoying thing is that the addon is not one click, after you click on the addon icon another icon appears with enable/disable option, it would be nice to single click on the addon icon to enable/disable it , one more click to do the opposite.