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Chrome kills Flash on Mac, Windows, and Linux in one big swing

article published on 3 December, 2016

Google released the version 55 of Chrome browser this week and it has one of the biggest updates in recent history. The new browser no longer plays Flash videos on default. Google has for a long time been a proponent of HTML5 video and this has been evident especially in its video platform YouTube. Now the company has decided to reduce Flash on all three major desktop browsers to an even ... [ read the full article ]

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hearme0
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5. December 2016 @ 10:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I just love pointing out bad decisions and crap that big companies engage.

This for example: "Top ten are exempt for the next 12 months". That is the biggest load of nonsense I've ever heard. This type of leniency for the nastiness that is Flash is unacceptable! It's complacent and forgiving, two things that don't belong in new 'security-conscious' technical implementations of our world......PERIOD!

Google should have strong armed the "Top 10" into changing......or suffer the consequences. End of story!!
xnonsuchx
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7. December 2016 @ 13:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Flash may be horrid bloatware (since Adobe acquired Macromedia), but at least Flash isn't Silverlight!
raunchynm
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9. December 2016 @ 18:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
In any case I am happy Chrome is trying to get rid of Flash. I'm sick of that piece of crap software stalling on my machine.
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