Adobe Flash player substitute

BigCity · Nov 29, 2020

I am getting a message from Adobe that Flash player won't be supported after December 31.

What is everyone using instead of Flash player?

John from MD · Nov 29, 2020

RuralRifleGuy · Nov 29, 2020

BigCity said:
I am getting a message from Adobe that Flash player won't be supported after December 31.

What is everyone using instead of Flash player?

The new web technologies HTML5 video and audio, WebGL, etc.) replace Flash Player functionality. The big tech companies don’t use Flash any more and browser makers have been adding support for them while dropping Flash support. Most sites you visit probably haven’t been using Flash for a while, if you find one you frequent does still use it you should let them know that after 12/31 it’s not going to work at all.

As a user there is nothing you can do except make sure you have an up to date browser, it falls on website owners to get with the times.

BigCity · Nov 29, 2020

So do I have to download something else or just not worry about it?

Kirkster · Nov 29, 2020

Just not worry about it... its been dead for years. Adobe is just now driving a spike through its chest...

BigCity · Nov 29, 2020

Thanks!

cantstop · Nov 29, 2020

Firecalc uses Flash for some of the "what if" charts.

Don't know anyone else that uses it though.

SharpShoooter · Dec 6, 2020

BigCity said:
So do I have to download something else or just not worry about it?

you don't have to worry about it,but of course if some websites that you frequently browse are still using it, you will be missing the content.

there's not really a substitute for flash. If the page needs flash, then it needs Adobe flash...

babalou · Dec 6, 2020

sites should be using html5. Nothing to do on your part. If the site still uses flash then that is on them. I upgraded my VMWare infrastructure to v7.0 to get full HTML5 support and remove support for flash. Actually, it is faster than flash...at least for my stuff.

Flash and Java need to go bye-bye.

cantstop · Dec 7, 2020

So I clicked on the Adobe Flash End of Life web page and noticed this.
"Since Adobe will no longer be supporting Flash Player after December 31, 2020 and Adobe will block Flash content from running in Flash Player beginning January 12, 2021, Adobe strongly recommends all users immediately uninstall Flash Player to help protect their systems."

And this.
"As previously announced in July 2017, Adobe will stop supporting Flash Player after December 31, 2020 (“EOL Date”)."

My guess is that Flash is so substantially flawed from a system security perspective that Adobe has finally agreed to kill it.

FWIW: Apple products stopped supporting Flash around a decade ago.

randyho · Dec 7, 2020

cantstop said:
My guess is that Flash is so substantially flawed from a system security perspective that Adobe has finally agreed to kill it.

That's a bingo.

Back in the 2000's Adobe shrunk it's staff by ~half. At about the same time they started producing products to compete with themselves. It looked like their C-suite was day-drinking. Vulnerabilities started popping up in just about all of their products and their track record was that they just didn't care.

Getting flash off your pc is a good thing.

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