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Firefox Sets Kill-Flash Schedule

posted by cmn32480 on Monday July 25 2016, @09:46AM   Printer-friendly
from the 'bout-time dept.

"exec" writes:

Mozilla yesterday said it will follow other browser markers by curtailing use of Flash in Firefox next month.

The open-source developer added that in 2017 it will dramatically expand the anti-Flash restrictions: Firefox will require users to explicitly approve the use of Flash for any reason by any website.

As have its rivals, Mozilla cast the limitations (this year) and elimination (next year) as victories for Firefox users, citing improved security, longer battery life on laptops and faster web page rendering.

"Starting in August, Firefox will block certain Flash content that is not essential to the user experience, while continuing to support legacy Flash content," wrote Benjamin Smedberg, the manager of Firefox quality engineering, in a post to a company blog.

Firefox 48 is slated to ship on Aug. 2.

[...]

Firefox is late to the dump-Flash party.

Original Source: http://www.computerworld.com/article/3098606/web-browsers/firefox-sets-kill-flash-schedule.html

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by gman003 on Monday July 25 2016, @12:42PM

    by gman003 (4155) on Monday July 25 2016, @12:42PM (#379775)

    about:config media.autoplay.enable looks like the setting to change, if you want to keep non-flash videos from playing on their own.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 25 2016, @01:42PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 25 2016, @01:42PM (#379797)

    I saw JS players that need 2 click to play as a result, though.

  • (Score: 2) by Hyperturtle on Monday July 25 2016, @06:53PM

    by Hyperturtle (2824) on Monday July 25 2016, @06:53PM (#379975)

    Do modern browser packages come with flash integrated?

    I haven't had it installed since I rebuilt anything I've rebuilt -- I made the decision back in 2013 to not install flash, and there have been very few instances where I required it. All were business related.

    I ended up having to install flash and integrating it with IE on a few VMs, such as managing VMWare 5.5 or for some required training that used flash for various "how not to be stupid at work or become a legal liability due to your uncouth and boorish actions" types of training.

    It seems that most places that do video playback have made the transition to HTML5 or just have mpg or wmv files or something to that effect. At least... the chiefly DRM free sites.

    • (Score: 2) by gman003 on Tuesday July 26 2016, @12:39AM

      by gman003 (4155) on Tuesday July 26 2016, @12:39AM (#380117)

      Firefox doesn't seem to come with Flash installed. I still don't have even a standalone flash player on my tablet PC - I have concerns about what it might do to the battery life, and I so rarely need it. Worst-case I just bookmark the tab and watch it on my laptop later (my laptop's battery never lasted long anyways, and the years have made it basically a desktop that fits into a backpack).

      IIRC Chrome is the only browser to have built-in support for Flash, since they did something with their plugin API and normal Flash won't work. IE does not ship with Flash, I highly doubt Safari does, and I actually can't seem to get Flash to work with Vivaldi at all (though I haven't really tried).