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alt="Adobe Flash logo" align="left" height="110"
width="110">Once upon a time, Adobe Flash was a
feature of many websites and Internet ads that
used animated graphics to catch the attention of
site users. And quite a few Ohio public library
websites still require Flash Player to view or
listen to some of their site content. Now,
however, a lot of websites are shying away from
Flash, for a variety of reasons that have been
summarized on the <a
href="http://occupyflash.org/">Occupy Flash</a>
website. In the past few weeks, there have been
some serious security issues with Flash, and
YouTube announced a move away from Flash
technology to HTML5 for delivering Internet video,
adding impetus to the calls for the demise of
Flash. Here's a sampling of some recent stories.
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font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02/as-flash-0day-exploits-reach-new-level-of-meanness-what-are-users-to-do/">As
Flash 0day exploits reach new level of
meanness, what are users to do?</a> (Ars
Technica | Dan Goodin) "The breakneck pace of
the exploits is creating fatigue among end
users, and one presumes, among engineers inside
Adobe. No sooner is one patch rolled out than an
exploit targeting a new vulnerability becomes
available. What's more, <a
href="http://blogs.cisco.com/security/talos/angler-variants">research
from Cisco Systems</a> found the recent Flash
exploits were being served on more than 1,800
domains."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://bgr.com/2015/01/28/youtube-flash-html5-steve-jobs/">Steve
Jobs gets vindicated one last time</a> (BGR |
Brad Reed) "Why is this a vindication for Steve
Jobs, you ask? Because five years ago Jobs
penned <a
href="https://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/">a
long missive about Flash</a> in which he
explained why Adobe's online video rendering
technology had no place on iOS devices such as
the iPhone and iPad. It wasn't just one thing
about Flash that Jobs didn't like - it was
everything. He found that Flash was far too
power hungry for mobile devices, it didn't
deliver reliable performance and was prone to
crashes, and it also had 'one of the worst
security records' around back in 2010."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/2240239214/Will-YouTube-HTML5-transition-mean-the-end-of-Flash-security-issues">Will
YouTube HTML5 transition mean the end of Flash
security issues?</a> (TechTarget | Sharon
Shea) "Adobe released a further statement on the
issue, touching on Flash's significance and the
company's stance behind HTML5. 'Flash is an
important technology for media and content
companies worldwide, with over 1.5 billion
downloads and updates for the Flash Player every
month,' Adobe said. 'At the same time, Adobe is
a pioneer in the delivery of HTML5 development
tools and a positive contributor to the HTML
standard. Flash and HTML will continue to
coexist and Adobe is committed to support and
advancing both technologies.'"</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://readwrite.com/2015/02/06/time-to-kill-flash-security-zero-day">Time
to die: Let's resolve to get rid of Flash
already</a> (ReadWrite | Yael Grauer) "If you
need Flash for work, or are addicted to
DailyMotion, or can't deal with Facebook and
Amazon refreshing pages too slowly, another
option is to use an extension like FlashBlock.
This allows you to limit your Flash usage to the
sites you select. While you'll still be somewhat
vulnerable if a popular site is infected with
malicious advertising, it'll lower your risk."</li>
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<p style="text-align: left; font-size: 20px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><small><strong><em>Articles
from <a href="http://ohioweblibrary.org">Ohio
Web Library</a>:</em></strong></small><br>
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<ul>
<li><a
href="http://web.b.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/pov/detail/detail?sid=e5ef16f4-5d8a-466c-8f0b-986411610153%40sessionmgr114&vid=0&hid=105&bdata=JnNpdGU9cG92LWxpdmU%3d#db=pwh&AN=8OGE.155F8717.C968BE97">Adobe
Flash Mobile dead: What it means for
consumers.</a> (<em>International Business
Times</em>, 2011-11-09)</li>
<li><a
href="http://web.b.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/ehost/detail/detail?sid=7e9632d4-01da-4aef-a5e3-fc60e5bc6502%40sessionmgr112&vid=0&hid=105&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=buh&AN=77371426">HTML5
leads a web revolution.</a> (<em>Communications
of the ACM</em>, July 2012, p16-17)</li>
<li><a
href="http://web.b.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/ehost/detail/detail?sid=c90c44c9-f5ca-4f2d-947c-481e63b69aa0%40sessionmgr114&vid=0&hid=105&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=cph&AN=95830513">How
digital publishers can leverage the use of
HTML5 video.</a> (<em>EContent</em>, May
2014, p12-16 | Lin Grensing-Pophal)</li>
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