<s>
Auto-Play	B-Application
is	O
a	O
feature	O
used	O
by	O
some	O
websites	O
containing	O
at	O
least	O
one	O
embedded	O
video	O
or	O
audio	O
element	O
wherein	O
the	O
video	O
or	O
audio	O
element	O
starts	O
playing	O
,	O
automatically	O
,	O
without	O
explicit	O
user	O
choice	O
,	O
after	O
some	O
triggering	O
event	O
such	O
as	O
page	O
load	O
or	O
navigating	O
to	O
a	O
particular	O
region	O
of	O
the	O
webpage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
a	O
website-by-website	O
basis	O
,	O
auto-play	B-Application
may	O
or	O
may	O
not	O
be	O
configurable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
is	O
not	O
dependent	O
on	O
the	O
auto-play	B-Application
or	O
lack	O
of	O
auto-play	B-Application
nature	O
of	O
the	O
media	O
element	O
or	O
website	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
applied	O
to	O
non-auto-play	O
elements	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elements	O
with	O
auto-play	B-Application
sounds	O
may	O
or	O
may	O
not	O
allow	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
directly	O
adjust	O
the	O
sound	O
volume	O
with	O
the	O
element	O
itself	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
element	O
may	O
default	O
to	O
a	O
particular	O
sound	O
level	O
(	O
relative	O
to	O
sound	O
settings	O
already	O
set	O
at	O
the	O
browser	O
or	O
system	O
level	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
websites	O
may	O
employ	O
hooks	O
to	O
allow	O
on	O
media	O
element	O
,	O
once	O
finished	O
,	O
to	O
trigger	O
the	O
auto-play	B-Application
of	O
another	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
is	O
not	O
necessarily	O
dependent	O
on	O
whether	O
the	O
starting	O
media	O
element	O
was	O
itself	O
started	O
manually	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
or	O
via	O
an	O
auto-play	B-Application
trigger	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Auto-Play	B-Application
may	O
appear	O
as	O
a	O
feature	O
in	O
website	O
advertisements	O
and	O
in	O
website	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
technologies	O
may	O
be	O
used	O
,	O
in	O
tandem	O
or	O
on	O
their	O
own	O
,	O
to	O
support	O
auto-play	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Auto-Play	B-Application
can	O
serve	O
as	O
a	O
convenience	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
auto-play	B-Application
of	O
a	O
movie	O
of	O
some	O
other	O
media	O
element	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
attract	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
attention	O
,	O
which	O
may	O
or	O
may	O
not	O
also	O
be	O
a	O
convenience	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
advertisements	O
,	O
embedded	O
video	O
in	O
a	O
news	O
story	O
webpage	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
some	O
applications	O
(	O
generally	O
when	O
applied	O
to	O
content	O
a	O
user	O
is	O
not	O
likely	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
looking	O
for	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
advertisements	O
)	O
,	O
auto-play	B-Application
is	O
discussed	O
in	O
some	O
tech	O
forums	O
and	O
by	O
some	O
tech	O
groups	O
as	O
"	O
bad	O
practice	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
other	O
applications	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
webpages	O
dedicated	O
to	O
specific	O
media	O
elements	O
a	O
user	O
is	O
likely	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
targeting	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
specific	O
video	O
or	O
audio	O
recording	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
ostensible	O
convenience	O
factor	O
of	O
auto-play	B-Application
may	O
be	O
accepted	O
or	O
even	O
expected	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
