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Embedded videos
Raised as a usability problem by 7 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2010–2024), in 8 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Clicking pause sends the video back to the beginningUnreviewed
20102026- Once started, embedded videos can't be paused and keep playing after scrolling2024-02-29
- Video is hard to read on phone and loops with no way to pause2020-10-01
- Clicking pause skips the video back to the beginning instead of pausing2010-10-17
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 8 complaints
- Once started, embedded videos can't be paused and keep playing after scrolling2024-02-29
- Volume control greyed out so videos play with no audio2022-03-09
- Video is hard to read on phone and loops with no way to pause2020-10-01
- Videos buffer, stall, break skipping, and autoplay, and players interrupt or float over content2020-03-26
- Video player controls lag, stop responding, and disconnect from playback on slow connections2019-10-26
- Videos play at one speed, so the viewer cannot fast forward or speed them up2015-02-22
- Separate media sources play at different levels, forcing constant manual system volume adjustment2012-02-04
- Clicking pause skips the video back to the beginning instead of pausing2010-10-17