[OPLINTECH] Flash and Chrome

[Chad Neeper]

I probably should have added:

I typically install all three (Chrome, FF, IE/Edge) on patron computers,
since everyone has their own preference and sometimes certain browsers work
better than others for certain websites. Probably about now, IE (maybe
still Edge?) might be your best bet for any laggard Flash-based websites,
unless you want to try to teach your staff/patrons how to allow Flash on
site-by-site basis. Small consolation for something well out of our
control. It's ultimately up to each web dev to fix the problem with their
website.



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On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 12:13 PM, Chad Neeper <cneeper at level9networks.com>
wrote:

> Flash has been in the process of being killed off for quite a few years
> now. HTML5 is the logical replacement, with media well supported right in
> the specs. Flash is so rife with security vulnerabilities that this can't
> come quickly enough!! Website developers have been on notice for years
> about the demise of Flash, so any website dev still relying on it really
> needs to get off his/her duff and make the change or see their web traffic
> decline to zero even more rapidly, starting right now.
>
> I believe Google was the first of the major browsers to begin to
> discourage Flash's use quite a few months ago, and now to completely
> disable it by default in the latest Chrome releases. (I believe you can
> still enable Flash on a site-by-site basis...for now.) Firefox has
> typically been in lock-step with Chrome, so if Flash isn't disabled in FF
> yet, I'd expect it to be soon. Microsoft, of course is the laggard.
>
> Here's one of many links:
> http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/9/13903878/google-chrome-block-flash-html5
>
>
> Chad
>
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>
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> On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Kevin Jones <kjones at coshoctonlibrary.org
> > wrote:
>
>> Has anyone seen the issue with Flash not updating in Google Chrome?  Our
>> patrons have been complaining that websites won't open in Chrome because it
>> says Flash player is not up to date.  Even if I install the latest version
>> of Chrome it still says Flash is not up to date.  Has anyone been able to
>> resolve this issue?  None of the resolutions from Google searches has fixed
>> the issue.
>>
>> I am almost ready to uninstall Chrome from the public computers because
>> of this issue.  I have it installed as an alternative to Internet
>> Explorer.  Would I be better off using Firefox?
>>
>> Kevin Jones
>> Network Admin
>> Coshocton Public Library
>> 655 Main Street
>> Coshocton, OH 43812
>> Phone:  740-622-0956 <(740)%20622-0956>
>> Fax:  740-622-4331 <(740)%20622-4331>
>> coshoctonlibrary.org
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