I guess Adobe Flash® is finished?

mclelun · August 10, 2015, 10:50pm

Flash player might gone. But the software/development tool will still last for a while. For animation/ UI etc.
Also Flash CC can be use to develop HTML5 content through createJS framework

agoose77 · August 11, 2015, 12:34am

BeerBaron:

Your browser is blocking Flash content because there are security vulnerabilities in the version you have installed. If you don’t trust the link your browser provides you, go to https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ and download the update there. You may want to uncheck that box for a “free” McAffee virus scan…

Don’t consult the Guardian on technology-related topics.

Your Firefox browser did that, not Adobe. If you use Google Chrome, Flash will be updated automatically. YouTube also uses HTML5 for video, not just Flash (see www.youtube.com/html5)

Not going to happen.

It’s indeed a clusterfuck, especially because a lot of malware tries to bait users with fake “update” and “virus” warnings. People are scared to do anything.

My advice for non-technical users is to just accept malware on their computers. Alternatively, never visit any websites and don’t use email.

It’s not that hard to teach users basic hints for bad sites and malware.

kilon · August 14, 2015, 1:50am

Flash has been a bag of problems way before Apple nuked it from orbit. On the other hand, you can’t “kill” or “finish” software and nothing stop Adobe from making flash a viable platform once again. But its not an advertisement to flash technology when the some of the most popular browser addons are Flash blockers.

But do be fair HTML5 is not exactly light on resources either, the new Gmail Inbox has been overheating my 2010 macbook more than anything else. In the end, the overall architecture of WWW is so fragmented, slow and buggy its not even funny.