Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
By the end of the year, Google Chrome will block virtually all Flash content and make whatever's left click-to-play by default.
In September, Chrome 53 will kill off all background Flash content, which is about 90 per cent of Flash on the web, according to Google.
Then in December, Chrome 55 will use HTML5 for video, animations, games and similar stuff. If there is no HTML5 available and instead just Flash, you'll be asked to explicitly enable the Adobe plugin to view it.
This will pile immense pressure on web developers to use HTML5 and ditch Flash, because Chrome will deliberately stall the plugin's user experience.
It's effectively throwing Flash out into the cold winter's night. There is no more room at the inn. Google says it prefers HTML5 because it's faster to load than Flash and easier on handhelds' batteries. But the elephant in the room is Flash's dreadful security record: it is a screen door that lets the sewage of the internet seep in and infect computers.
Any Soylentils still have Flash installed on their systems? What keeps you from removing it?
(Score: 2) by damnbunni on Friday August 12 2016, @01:42PM
Weebl and Bob have been slowly replacing the old Flash versions with links to Youtube videos.
Which really sucks. Especially when the YouTube version is censored.
(Score: 2) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Friday August 12 2016, @01:57PM
For some reason, I have found that embed links bypass the Youtube Censors.
(Score: 2) by Pino P on Saturday August 13 2016, @02:11AM
Not to mention that if your home Internet is satellite or fixed cellular, YouTube hits your monthly cap harder than SWF does.