Open Bug 1120626 Opened 10 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Set a tab to have priority audio, muting all other tabs and future tabs

Categories

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, enhancement)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Tabbed Browser
Type:
enhancement

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People

(Reporter: cww, Unassigned)

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Details

I know this depends on a ton of work that is attached to bug 486262 and others but I was asked to file this pipe dream of an idea because it'd be so useful. Basically, I'd love to be able to set a tab as being the only one able to access the audio device and all other tabs and future tabs that generate audio would simply be muted. Great for web-based music players (Pandora, Soundcloud) as well as being able to browse the internet with all videos muted. Would need to update the UI for noting which tabs have sound to mark tabs that are muted and tabs that are priority.
Component: Audio/Video → Audio/Video: Playback
Sounds like a splendid idea but it needs top go the Firefox team to consider.
Component: Audio/Video: Playback → Untriaged
Product: Core → Firefox
Component: Untriaged → Tabbed Browser
Depends on: tab-sound-indicator
Hardware: x86 → All
Status: NEW → UNCONFIRMED
Ever confirmed: false
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
See Also: → 1249974
Severity: normal → S3
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