Google’s latest Chrome update sees the browser blocking most internet Flash content, eventually aiming to block all Flash enabled content
Google will be putting another nail in the Flash coffin with plans to start blocking most Flash content with Chrome, with the change targeted toward the end of this year. Apple has been doing this for years, citing serious security issues and a massive drain on device batteries.
Under the current Chrome version most websites are already blocking Flash and users can activate it on a site-by-site basis.Chrome would display a prompt offering to enable it; if chosen, Chrome would remember to run Flash on that site for all future visits. There are 10 sites that have it enabled by default, to avoid annoying too many people, they include – YouTube, Facebook, Yahoo, Twitch, and Amazon.
Read: Why Apple is Right to not support Flash on iOS
This change won’t remove Flash entirely however as it is still quite widely used on the net. Even so, disabling it by default still offers protections against unwanted and potentially malicious content. And it encourages web developers to make the switch to HTML5, so that people aren’t discouraged from leaving their site. To further encourage that change, Chrome won’t simply be blocking “” it’ll be pretending like it isn’t even installed. So if a website has a backup HTML5 player, people using Chrome will see that, rather than a prompt to enable.
Even the creators of Flash, Adobe, thinks that the software doesn’t have a future anymore – so don’t expect huge push back on these Chrome changes. In a bout a year’s time we won’t be seeing it on our browsers anymore…
Source: TheVerge
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