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Title: Mozilla will disable Adobe Flash Player in Firefox 69
Post by: Moltke on January 16, 2019, 10:06:00 AM

Mozilla will disable Adobe Flash Player in Firefox 69, which is scheduled to launch in September this year.

Here's the link with the info https://news.softpedia.com/news/mozilla-to-disable-flash-in-firefox-69-524528.shtml

Title: Re: Mozilla will disable Adobe Flash Player in Firefox 69
Post by: Linuxkumpel on January 16, 2019, 02:18:22 PM

It was only a matter of time.  ;)

Title: Re: Mozilla will disable Adobe Flash Player in Firefox 69
Post by: Moltke on January 16, 2019, 07:08:39 PM

Quote from: Linuxkumpel on January 16, 2019, 02:18:22 PM

It was only a matter of time.  ;)

Maybe so, but many sites still rely on flash. I use a webapp from a site which runs on adobe's flash so this is a killer for me since this particular app works better in firefox than it does in chromium.

Title: Re: Mozilla will disable Adobe Flash Player in Firefox 69
Post by: Jerry on January 16, 2019, 08:28:11 PM

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Title: Re: Mozilla will disable Adobe Flash Player in Firefox 69
Post by: tek10 on January 16, 2019, 09:36:20 PM

Nice one Jerry! I see fewer and fewer sights that still use flash. This lead time gives plenty of notice to change, for the few that still do. There have been security concerns for a mighty long time. The last site I frequented, that used flash, dropped it 4-6 months ago.

My back up browser to Firefox is Vivaldi. For the past two years I've never used flash with it. Hasn't been a problem. 

Title: Re: Mozilla will disable Adobe Flash Player in Firefox 69
Post by: timbuck2 on January 16, 2019, 11:39:09 PM

What will be the alternative going forward?  What will be the future of content that used to use flash?