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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 12 2016, @03:56PM
Block javascript
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 12 2016, @04:35PM
I've found over the past couple of years that blocking JavaScript is increasingly non-viable, as the vast majority of the web sites I visit now require JavaScript to function.
(Score: 2) by Pino P on Saturday August 13 2016, @02:25AM
Is there a reason you can't choose to stop visiting the websites that require JavaScript and instead start visiting other websites that do not require JavaScript?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 13 2016, @09:19AM
My bank website requires javascript. Strangely it also loads js from several external sites which is highly concerning. Thanks, commbank, I don't want to be tracked while doing my banking online.