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No more Flash support in Firefox

([Development] Nov 18, 2020 15:45 UTC (Wed) (corbet))


Mozilla has [1]announced that the Adobe Flash era is coming to an end. " Firefox version 84 will be the final version to support Flash. On January 26, 2021 when we release Firefox version 85, it will ship without Flash support, improving our performance and security. " One suspects that few people will miss this support.



[1] https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2020/11/17/ending-firefox-support-for-flash/

No more Flash support in Firefox

Perhaps not coincidentally, [1]A short history of Flash & the forgotten Flash Website movement (when websites were “the new emerging artform”) was recently published by game designer Nathalie Lawhead. At least one person will be missing Flash.

[1] http://www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/a-short-history-of-flash-the-forgotten-flash-website-movement-when-websites-were-the-new-emerging-artform

No more Flash support in Firefox

Perhaps not coincidentally, [1]A short history of Flash & the forgotten Flash Website movement (when websites were “the new emerging artform”) was recently published by game designer Nathalie Lawhead. At least one person will be missing Flash.

[1] http://www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/a-short-history-of-flash-the-forgotten-flash-website-movement-when-websites-were-the-new-emerging-artform

Even though they raised the rate for first class mail in the United
States we really shouldn't complain -- it's still only two cents a day.

[and getting better! Soon it'll be down to a penny a day!]