Google's 2010 Pac-Man doodle unexpectedly auto-played in Firefox via an extension
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Google's 2010 Pac-Man doodle was set to start automatically after ten seconds of inactivity on google.com. The CoolPreviews Firefox extension opened the homepage invisibly when Firefox launched, which triggered unexpected game audio. The developer, Marcin Wichary, pushed a same-day patch adding a mute button and requiring a click before the game and its sounds could start.
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