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 Pino P on Saturday August 13 2016, @02:22AM
When this same story ran on the green site [slashdot.org], many users classified reruns of Homestar Runner under the "and nothing of value was lost" category.
(Score: 2) by kazzie on Saturday August 13 2016, @06:31PM
Well, I treasure it as something my friends and I enjoyed in my youth. The Brothers Chaps (makers) have ported most of their material over to Youtube videos, but I prefer the old format.
(Score: 2) by kazzie on Saturday August 13 2016, @06:33PM
On second thoughts, maybe it says a lot about the sense of humour of people on that green site. (Or does it say something about the humour of us here?)