Auto playing videos

…are A Very Bad Thing for usability and accessibility

I went to a talk on accessibility last night by these good people:

Northern User Experience: Accessibility in Practice
http://northern-user-experience.org/2012/01/24/next-leeds-event-monday-27th-february-accessibility-in-practice

There were some really interesting things highlighted, but a key issue for me was to do with the use of auto playing videos.
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