Adobe Flash Being Discontinued In 2020...

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Adobe Flash Being Discontinued In 2020... Oct 31, 2019 2:03:29 GMT

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Post by MCDemuth on Oct 31, 2019 2:03:29 GMT

Just found this out...

Questions about NWS Radar and Flash

Some users of NWS radar displays have begun receiving messages about the use of Adobe Flash in the display. Flash is scheduled to be discontinued toward the end of 2020, so web browsers have begun to alert users of this upcoming event. We have recently been receiving an increasing number of inquiries regarding this change.

By 2018, mobile devices generated more than half of all website traffic worldwide.

The radar website is not mobile-friendly in its current form, and some of the displays use Flash.

In April/May 2020, in response to these dramatic changes, NWS will replace the existing site and features...

In the meantime, we do (and have always had) a non Flash based version of the radar displays.

Read More Weather Details Here:

www.weather.gov/ind/flashradarquestions

So, Heads Up, and be prepared for many websites to make many changes through the next year...

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Adobe Flash Being Discontinued In 2020... Oct 31, 2019 2:16:52 GMT

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Post by MCDemuth on Oct 31, 2019 2:16:52 GMT

Starting from Chrome 76 and Firefox 69, Flash is disabled by default and browsers do not even show a prompt to activate Flash content. Users who want to play Flash content need to manually set a browser to prompt for Flash content, and then during each browser session enable Flash plugin for every site individually. Furthermore, browsers show warnings about the removal of Flash entirely after December 2020. Microsoft Edge based on Chromium will follow the same plan as Google Chrome.

Flash support will be removed entirely from Google Chrome 87 planned for December 2020.

In year 2020, Flash support will be completely removed from Firefox.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash#End_of_life

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Adobe Flash Being Discontinued In 2020... Oct 31, 2019 5:53:16 GMT

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Post by mslo79 on Oct 31, 2019 5:53:16 GMT

Adobe Flash is a plague (it's security flaw prone). so this a good thing as it should have died years ago.

besides places like YouTube have been on HTML5 for years now as I have not had Flash installed (or especially enabled) for years now as it's just a security risk to have it enabled. so unless someone uses a website where Flash is required, it's best to remove it or at least disable it.

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