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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 25 2016, @02:44PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 25 2016, @02:44PM (#379834)

    SJW's trying to make quick money

    Is SJW now an all purpose insult that means something like "shithead"?

  • (Score: 0, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 25 2016, @03:05PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 25 2016, @03:05PM (#379843)

    No, SJW refers to people firing or trying to fire other people for not lining up with feminist orthodoxy. You know, something for which Mozilla is something of a poster child.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 26 2016, @12:42AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 26 2016, @12:42AM (#380120)

    The project just spent tens of thousands of dollars to remove all instances of "slave" and "master" from their source code. All the while, market share has plumetted to single digits. I get where you are coming from, but the SJW mentality at Firefox has destroyed a once joble project.