Silence is golden

April 4, 2006 5:21 AM

FlashMute is an essential Windows utility to mute Flash and other sounds from the browser.
posted by Sharcho (14 comments total)

I've already thought of a useful feature that I don't think is in this: A list of allowed/blocked websites. If I go to, say, Homestar Runner, I'd like this software to know that I want the sound because I'm there to watch the cartoons, but if I go to the IMDb, it should know to block the sound because there's nothing noisy there but ads.
posted by Faint of Butt at 5:29 AM on April 4, 2006

You'd probably want to enable the "Mute whole browser" setting.
posted by Sharcho at 5:36 AM on April 4, 2006

FoB: Or, alternatively, you could use Firefox with the FlashBlock (and/or AdBlock), and never get unwanted flash crap again!
posted by slater at 5:38 AM on April 4, 2006

I prefer to use Flashblock but this is a cool option for non-Firefox users.
posted by melt away at 5:58 AM on April 4, 2006

Wow, auto SFW tag. Thanks Sharco.

[surfs noisy websites with impunity]
posted by NinjaPirate at 6:31 AM on April 4, 2006

I like the idea of SwitchPUT too, bookmarking that one for later. Thanks!
posted by aeschenkarnos at 7:17 AM on April 4, 2006

aeschenkarnos - if you don't want to wait for a release, you might like Synergy.
posted by sysinfo at 8:34 AM on April 4, 2006

Just the thing I was looking for the other day when an embedded Flash video about made me pee my pants with its volume.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 9:02 AM on April 4, 2006

The title of this thread put that AMC-theatres jingle in my head. And there is no mute software for that. So thanks.
posted by kika at 10:05 AM on April 4, 2006

Thanks for this. I hate ad-blockers with a passion - even on dial-up, a banner or two is no imposition to me, and I know that the bandwidth I eat up isn't cheap.

That said, if I had to hear "SAY SOMETHING!" one more time, I was going to beat my speakers to death with my soundcard.
posted by Simon! at 10:52 AM on April 4, 2006

Is there a block-all-sounds-EXCEPT-this-page plugin? I like to listen to long BBC-radio programs on the web, but while listening, I open other tabs and browse. I hate it when sounds from other tabs start playing.
posted by grumblebee at 12:04 PM on April 4, 2006

FlashBlock is one of the first extensions I install in a new Firefox installation because of things like Flash sounds and pop-ups.

Never tried AdBlock but if more sites manage to skirt around FF's pop-up blocking I'll probably add it to the list.
posted by Chirael at 12:16 PM on April 4, 2006

A volume slider for Flash (not just mute) -- sweet. I was just looking for something like this.
posted by dhartung at 1:31 PM on April 4, 2006

Personally, I'd recommend NoScript, over Flashblock - it does the same job and a whole lot more.
posted by Blue Stone at 12:51 PM on April 9, 2006