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Even better would be a play/pause button... or is that not feasible? I'm not so familiar with browser development.

It's probably not feasible, because you'd have to pause the entire document, including all scripts. And since there are ways for scripts to communicate synchronously across documents, you could end up with seemingly unrelated tabs paused.

Perhaps a mute/unmute would be more feasible.

Or a per-tab volume control. Volume control for HTML5 videos, games, etc. has always seemed to me like something that belongs in the browser chrome, not inside the tab itself.

(Really, this is another way to say, "I'm a lazy HTML5 developer and I think having to create a 'sound-effects preferences' view on every project I do is a bit silly, if the browser could just be handling it for me." ;)

PulseAudio, I already get that for free :) The default KMix app in KDE presents app volume sliders as well as the Master audio slider in the tasktray icon. One of my absolute favorite linux features, especially since I pass through my Xbox and I can control it too.

Oh, Windows does it too--but that's per app, not per tab. Apparently quite a few people like to listen to music on youtube while playing my game with the volume off :)

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