Until , the Adobe Flash Player was installed on almost all internet-capable computers, making it a popular target for malware developers. Time and time again, serious security gaps appeared that were closed, thankfully, more or less promptly by the manufacturer.
This trend was sadly highlighted in when Adobe was forced to announce twice in a row that there were risky vulnerabilities with no existing patch. As a result, leading browsers advocated immediate deactivation of the plugin. But the decline of the Flash-era had already been clearly visible for eight years. With the iPhone in , Apple presented not only the first modern smartphone with touchscreen technology, it was also the first popular web-enabled device that refused to use the quasi-standard Flash.
The company received vast amounts of ridicule and resentment from both developers and users for this move. Three years later, Steve Jobs followed up with a personal explanation of this decision. Instead of continuing to implement an outdated technology, Apple announced the alignment of the mobile operating system iOS with the Flash alternative HTML5. More and more website operators began offering mobile versions without Flash content and making videos and animations available in HTML5 format instead.
From the beginning, Flash was the standard format of the video portal YouTube. Users who wanted to watch clips as a stream in their web browser were forced to install a Flash plugin as well as regular updates. Today, the open web standard Adobe Flash has been completely replaced on the video portal.
Already in , the company announced its intention to integrate HTML5 into its own products and services. They also announced the introduction of mobile Flash versions.
Both formats are open web standards. The company now recommends that applications that create animated web content with Adobe products use HTML5 instead of Flash. Despite its reorientation, Adobe promises to continue to ensure the security and compatibility of Flash content. Vendors such as Facebook continue to work with the software so that Flash-based game content continues to run safely and reliably. Like other browser manufacturers, Google also restricts Adobe Flash support.
Since September , the Flash plugin is disabled by default in Google browsers and Chrome users are required to actively confirm that they want to play the corresponding content. She let me know that Poki - a global web gaming platform, is on a mission to become the ultimate online playground for players and game developers alike, and that Poki has partnered up with Nitrome to save over Flash classics. She also noted that for Flash game developers, their games will be preserved for future generations.
If you have questions, you can contact Agness Walewinder at agness poki. It looks like the creators of JW player have been working on a solution. I found this article for you that discusses the use of HTML They are recommending that you download the latest version of their program to ensure you have their most recent updates.
I would also recommend that you reach out to their support team for further questions. I hope that helps. I use jwplayer and xml file for posting playlists of audiobooks in my website. Now as flash players will be no more supported, what could I do with HTML5 to create this kind of playlist? Thanks a lot for your afvice. Hi Mark, Thanks for your comment, and I agree that's it's important to provide lots of reference links and resource links. Here are 2 main resource links which I have added to the beginning of the article above:.
Additional link with quote from mobilenewsmag. As a blogger and researcher, the prudent thing I do is always include reference links sources for any quotes used for blog articles, so readers can read the "original" article where the excerpt was taken from.
Can you please provide the link where you got the apparent quoted official statement from Adobe please? AdBask wrote: "It was a lie, they used it to trick people they removed because it did not suit their profit margins period.
Flash was a proprietary product riddled with Flaws. In the 's I dreaded loading a web page with Flash. Flash was a necessary evil. The security flaws and the proprietary nature were pretty good reasons that Flash was little more than a historical flash in the pan footnote.
Flash was wholly owned and controlled by Adobe. Macromedia did a great job at creating Flash in an era when the only competitor were really super slow Java applets. Flash was never a great solution. Even when it was commonplace it was one of those necessary evils. While it allowed for "cross platform" web programming in the early days of HTML before JavaScript became good it also suffered from the same ills that plagued Java: it was excruciatingly slow; it was unstable; and, it was notoriously unsafe.
It is easy for someone to claim "freedom of choice" but that's not how computers work or worked. People--even knowledgeable ones--had a hard time containing Flash.
Exploits were easy to access and often used to harm innocent users. While it affects me I have a number of Flash solutions that I will lose easy access to I can't say I shed one tear at the end of Flash.
Claudia, To add to what rc primak has stated, I would suggest reaching out to AARP directly to inquire about games not working, and be sure to include names of which games are not working, and any errors you are receiving.
They should be able to advise if it is at all related to the Flash changes, or if there is something else you need to do browser, Windows upgrade, etc. I'm sure they would appreciate hearing from you and details so they can advise about what can be done to remedy the situation. Feel free to post specific errors you are getting so some of us can help you troubleshoot further. AARP redesigned their website entirely late in as part of an overall plan, which was ongoing.
Some of the changes involved rebranding several features. Games may have been one of those changes. Again, the redirect is not Flash specific. Menu Site! Please help me as I'm not very knowledgeble re computers 78 yrs old! Steve Jobs may he rest in peace was not right, he saw what better suited his "company" he acted selfishly and didn't care about what it may have caused for millions around the world that had to recreate everything, or with a lot of difficulty to try and convert to HTML5, Adobe saw that the pressure was put on them so they had no choice but to discontinue it, there were no security flaws no more than ANY other application that runs on the internet including the so called antiviruses.
If there was a risk, just warn the user and they are free to make the choice whether to use or block it, but no, this has zero to do with any security flaws. It's sheer hypocrisy.
It was a lie, they used it to trick people they removed because it did not suit their profit margins period. Issac, please see my note to Kevin with suggestions about what will happen to games. It will depend on the manufacturer and creator of each game. For game websites, I found this article which may help:. It seems that there are a lot of people and companies willing to help and offer services for program and game conversion. Thank you Anthony for also posting a link to your article for info and help on conversion.
Hi Kevin, you asked about games on Notdoppler. I would recommend checking each sites for instructions on what to do if the games do not work.
For example, for notsdoppler. I would search for "xxx flash issues" replace xxx with your game or program to find help and info. For others who are looking for more codey information, I also found this article written by a game developer with tips when converting to HTML and Javascript:.
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Well, Samsung has […]. Skip to content. Table Of Contents. Nickolay Nickolay By way of adding some additional detail to the claim regarding Flash crashes on Mac OS. At least with Flash there is one consistent environment to develop for. Open standards work great in theory but is terrible for advancing technology. Allan The reason why browsers used to render pages differently was because the W3C was largely open to interpretation, and in particular Microsoft was lousy at following the spec.
Open standards are far better than a single implementation - but only when they are clearly defined. Antony - you missed my point. I am certainly not saying OpenGL is a redundant technology, far from it. My point is proprietary technology more often than not is the driving force for advancing technology. DirectX pulled away from OpenGL and it has been playing catch up ever since. Whats more is flash will continually keep improving. Without proprietary technologies we will advance at a snails pace.
The hugely popular Quake 2 engine came out with either software or opengl rendering. Only later around the time of Half-Life did they then add DirectX support. I think it was just that Microsoft had money to throw at developing DirectX at a faster rate — Allan.
Show 9 more comments. Doug Neiner Doug Neiner VoidPointer VoidPointer 17k 15 15 gold badges 52 52 silver badges 58 58 bronze badges. Shinto Shinto 59 1 1 silver badge 1 1 bronze badge. Great points!
However, whether version 5 is it, is the question. But the problem is that the open sources standards body moves like a snail due to bureaucratic complexities in contrast to propriety technologies, where obvious leaders put down the fist and something happens. Satish Satish 6, 7 7 gold badges 41 41 silver badges 62 62 bronze badges. Damo Damo 61 1 1 bronze badge.
That's a question, not an answer. So you don't flash to go under for your own selfish gain? This is the IT field not the auto industry Wake up. It's not about being selfish. It's about being able to do your job. Btw why are you using a an anonymous profile to post personal criticisms against others?
Joey Joey k 80 80 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Donny Kurnia Donny Kurnia 5, 5 5 gold badges 33 33 silver badges 48 48 bronze badges. Apple's choice of allowed media convetions processing on its devices has nothing to do with HTML5.
HTML5 is the technology that enable browser play video directly, instead of need plugins to do that. HTML5 make the plugins needs gone. Could you do this in flash? Take for instance, this scenario. Parse the byte contents client side. Draw the contents in an efficient manner. Liberty Vanguard Liberty Vanguard 39 1 1 bronze badge. Sergey Ilinsky Sergey Ilinsky Rick Savage Rick Savage 31 1 1 bronze badge.
Navigateur Navigateur 1, 2 2 gold badges 21 21 silver badges 35 35 bronze badges. Jack Jack 21 1 1 bronze badge. Krigs Krigs 21 1 1 bronze badge. Jorge Jorge 21 1 1 bronze badge. Doug T. Typeonerror true. Not sure why so many people believe otherwise. Doug, for the record, all three sophisticated websites that you mention use Flash today.
The street view in Google Maps requires Flash and gmail makes use of Flash for the chat functions Youtube probably wouldn't exist if Flash did not exist. Adobe Flash Platform: adobe.
Show 2 more comments. Deniz Acay Deniz Acay 1, 1 1 gold badge 12 12 silver badges 22 22 bronze badges. Web developers curse IE, and especially IE6. They only work on it because they have to not because they want to. This doesn't invalidate dacay's point Rob. Rob If you are running an internet business, you have to consider different browsers and devices.
Most biz people still uses IE6 and also you cant tell your boss "This is just for browsers other than IE". IE 6 was an example to indicate that Flash is not going anywhere.. You said "Web developers still care for I'm stating that web developers despise IE6. Whether they must develop for it because there are still a significant number of users is a different story. I'm sure all developers would be thrilled if IE6 went away today. The Overflow Blog.
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