linuxgeek: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Chrome starts blocking Flash, too

Monday, August 31, 2015

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Chrome starts blocking Flash, too

Only reason Flash has so much malware is it was the first out for what it did. As HTML takes over and replaces Flash, it too will have the same problem with malware.

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Scott scottro@nyc.rr.com [LINUX_Newbies] <LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 02:03:42PM +0000, Joan Leach jleach728@sbcglobal.net [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
> I've seen folks complain about Firefox, now it's coming to Google's Chrome/ium...So has anyone seen tools to help all those Web Devs convert Flash stuff to HTML5? Wonder how long it will take?
> Lord knows plenty of folks come to depend on word games online and other stuff that don't come with your OS or easily found for it.
> Joan in Reno

You can right click and choose to run this plugin. They are blocking it by
default, which is, to many people, a good thing, especially as flash
powered ads are responsible for lots of malware.

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