Adobe Flash

[OldGuy]

I know only enough about stuff like this to know that I need to know more about stuff like this.

So, Flash is going away, got it.

How will stuff that works on Flash work when Flash is gone?

 

[1Kflyerguy]

I work at Adobe. We are encouraging companies to migrate to other technologies such as HTML 5. But in any event we simply stopping development and support for Flash in 2020. Websites and applications that have not migrated by then will continue to work on last released version of Flash.

 

[OldGuy]

So, when I go to NWS radar sites, for instance, and it needs Flash to work, what will happen when Flash is not available. Or, are you saying it always will be available, the last version?

I have been having to click to run Flash on them.

 

[MULTIZ321]

This is a response on a bulletin board asking how to get Flash to run:

"Open Google Chrome browser, type chrome://settings/content in the address bar and press Enter. On the content settings screen, locate Flash player settings. Select Allow sites to run Flash, then click Done to save the change."

Don't know if this will work for you but it's worth a try.

Good Luck

Richard

 

[OldGuy]

This is a response on a bulletin board asking how to get Flash to run:

"Open Google Chrome browser, type chrome://settings/content in the address bar and press Enter. On the content settings screen, locate Flash player settings. Select Allow sites to run Flash, then click Done to save the change."

Don't know if this will work for you but it's worth a try.

Good Luck

Richard

Thanks, but mine isn't quite like that. I can select Block or Ask First.

 

[bbodb1]

So, when I go to NWS radar sites, for instance, and it needs Flash to work, what will happen when Flash is not available. Or, are you saying it always will be available, the last version?

I have been having to click to run Flash on them.

The hope is the NWS will update their website to NOT use Flash anymore. Theoretically, you (the end user) should never notice the change.
However, the reality may be a bit different.

I can tell you from direct experience with some educational websites when those websites were moved OFF Adobe Flash to HTML 5 (and other solutions) we did not have to take any additional steps (meaning add any software or plug ins) by hand to use the updated website. Generally speaking, our browsing experience with websites that moved from Adobe Flash to HTML 5 was a faster and smoother one - but it should be noted the bulk of our browsing is on ChromeBooks.

Hopefully, you won't even notice the change when the NWS updates its website.

I should add - the likelihood of you having a smoother transition to any new website is increased if you keep your computing device and browsers updated!

 

[simpsontruckdriver]

I know that there are independent software companies that make equivalent software add-ons that will run Adobe Flash. I run Linux Mint Cinnamon instead of Windows, and Linux programmers came to the "rescue" when Flash was taken away from Linux-based Firefox. So, I have a feeling that once Adobe Flash goes bye-bye, there will be Windows programmers who will make older AF websites work.

Ever hear of Macromedia? Basically a predecessor to AF, but it is gone. Or MS-DOS? CPM/80? IBM's OS/2? Lotus office software? Computer software comes and goes, and when it goes, others take up the slack. I've been in computers since the early 1990s, so I remember the passing of many of these software programs.

TS

 

[OldGuy]

Thanks, but mine isn't quite like that. I can select Block or Ask First.

I keep setting it to Ask First and it keeps going back to Block.

 

[SmithOp]

I keep setting it to Ask First and it keeps going back to Block.

That should tell you something, its a huge security hole and needs to be blocked.


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[OldGuy]

That should tell you something, its a huge security hole and needs to be blocked.
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OK.

Why doesn't it read, "Its a huge security hole and needs to be blocked?"

 

[1Kflyerguy]

OK.

Why doesn't it read, "Its a huge security hole and needs to be blocked?"

I think might have been a bit over dramatic.. but Flash is indeed an older technology and does have some risks.. Adobe is continuing to offer updates to Flash, most of which are security related. I would recommend that you install updates if the system offers those.

I keep setting it to Ask First and it keeps going back to Block.

This is your web browser asking, not Flash itself. Unfortunately i also find that many time you have to accept or enable Flash every time you access the website.

 

[SmithOp]

Exploits still being used as recently as June, this is a very interesting breakdown by the Malwarebytes team. Payload delivered via Flash.

https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threa...-kit-expands-via-large-malvertising-campaign/

If you insist on enabling it I suggest you install Malwarebytes protection. I install it on all the machines I clean up.


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[artringwald]

You can follow the procedures to get Chrome to run Flash, but it won't remember your choice. You'll have to follow the procedures every time you go to that web site.

For the web sites I use regularly that require Flash, I use the Firefox browser. If you enable Flash for a web site, Firefox remembers it so you don't have to enable it every time.