Flash is living his end. Chrome has confirmed that the Adobe Flash Adobe app will no longer work in that browser and will be removed
Flash is living his end. The Adobe application has been showing signs of its dying state for months, but the announcement that Chrome has already set a specific date for the removal of Flash from the browser has just confirmed the news. This decision becomes the definitive touch of grace for the system, after it was blocked in many other tools and environments, one of the great evils of the Internet finally fell, mainly due to its inappropriate use.
Chrome’s decision
Those responsible for Google have already announced that by the end of the year its Chrome browser will block Flash content and opt for HTML5 whenever possible.
It is worth noting that the definitive blocking of Flash by Google comes after several security breaches in Adobe software, which have ended up damaging this application even more.
This is one more step towards the complete disappearance of the Adobe application, although it must be taken into account that it is not an easy process since the complete elimination would be very drastic for the functioning of the support.
The HTML5 option
What will happen when it comes time to remove Flash in Chrome? The most likely option is what those responsible for the browser have defined as HTML5 by Default. In other words, if a user tries to open a website with content in Flash, he will find a notice of what is in that space and he will be the one who decides whether to click or not. Of course, it should be taken into account that manually allowing the playback of Flash content may have consequences on your Internet access device, depending on the system used by each person.
Exceptions
This Flash removal process will be different for a small list of websites, which will continue to be able to use the application for some time. These sites are essentially Facebook, YouTube, Yahoo, VK.com, Live.com, Yandex.ru, OK.ru, and Twitch.tv, Amazon, and Mail.ru. In any case, they will not have more than a year to find a new option in HTML5 that allows them to replace the use of Flash in their content. In any case, some of these websites already offer a version of this type for compatible browsers.
Flashy Apple
It is worth bearing in mind that neither Apple’s iPhone nor iPad tablets have ever officially had Flash, and Steve Jobs himself did not look favorably on this Adobe application, in the end, it will turn out that he was right.
In fact, Apple has always opted for the open standards of HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript, with the aim of offering great performance to its users, with low power and allowing the creation of advanced graphics and animations, among other elements. Over time, Mozilla and Google have progressively joined this position.
HTML5, the alternative
Chrome has opted for HTML5 as an alternative to Adobe’s Flash. The reasons for the change are easy to understand since it is a development alternative that offers greater protection of user privacy and also guarantees that the connected devices used will be much more secure. In addition, Google has worked for months so that the application of HTML5 implies much faster navigation, it is, for now, the language we use for web design due to its versatility and efficiency, and above all, because it does not use so many resources.
What does it mean for the user that flash disappears?
Although the technical disquisitions are very interesting, without a doubt, the most important thing for users is to know the direct consequences that the elimination of Adobe Flash plug-ins in Google Chrome will have for the user.
For starters, in the coming months, we will notice that future Google Chrome updates will have Flash content disabled. Therefore, certain video and game pages will not be used unless the user manually activates the Flash plugin. This decision will always be at the expense and risk of the user, who must be aware of the relative risk that it may mean for his device.
Flash has been an indispensable tool for the development of many platforms and the architecture of many websites, and the change is not expected to be easy because it is still used on many sites today.
In fact, Google has already taken several steps prior to definitively removing Flash from its browser by blocking certain animations, although until now it had not dared to touch the content directly. Now, many pages with videos and games will be directly affected. Therefore, the user will have to decide whether to continue using them, if they are not able to offer a suitable alternative in HTML5.
