Chrome: Starting Sept. Flash is being phased out.

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Chrome: Starting Sept. Flash is being phased out.

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Chrome starts retiring Flash in favor of HTML5

Non-visible Flash content blocked in September; Flash fully deprecated by December.

Starting with Chrome 53, due out early next month, the browser will automatically block tiny and non-visible Flash content, such as tracking and fingerprint cookies that are notoriously hard to shake off. Then, with Chrome 55 in December, Flash will be deprecated entirely, with exceptions for "sites which only support Flash." In both cases HTML5 is expected to take up the reins.
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Great! I hope other browsers will follow. That should put the nail in Flash Player's coffin...
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Maybe - but will anyone be able to view that video? :laugh:
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HansV wrote:Great! I hope other browsers will follow. That should put the nail in Flash Player's coffin...
According to this article, which dates from Oct 2015:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2990991/ ... -lead.html
Firefox is supposed to dump Flash in the near future as well.

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edited to add a more recent article:
http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/20/12243 ... ugust-2016

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The article in the OP mentions that Firefox will start blocking Flash content in August 2016, becoming fully click-to-play in 2017.
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I have been blocking Flash for months now. I'm quite happy to miss out on a few cat videos for the additional security it brings.
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