A method by which the presentation of superfluous media content requiring system activity is reduced or suspended in consideration of system power. For one embodiment, a user processing system indicates its power mode to a power mode/level determination applet embedded on a Web page. Action items within the web page respond to DC powered systems by limiting speed and/or the duration of animation for animated objects within the Web page. Additionally, or alternatively, the limitation or suspension of animation may be in response to power level. For one embodiment the superfluous media content is reduced or suspended after some period regardless of system power considerations.