Flash Will Soon Be "Click-To-Run" in MS Edge

LASER_oneXM

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...probably everyone of you knows that flash is very risky: so dont't forget to replace flash by HTML5 (as fast as possible)
or/and use the flash-plug-in with the setting "click-to-run" only.

....some quotes from the article above:

Microsoft is following in the footsteps of other browser makers such as Apple, Google, and Mozilla, and says that upcoming Edge browser versions will favor HTML5 over Flash by default.

Microsoft has not provided an exact timeline of when HTML5 will be the new default multimedia playback technology in Edge, but Flash's demise is more than certain.

Microsoft hopes that these big-name websites will take the hint that Flash's death is coming, and coming fast, and migrate their user experience to more modern technologies.

Just like Google and Mozilla did before it, Microsoft is now advising web developers to ditch Flash altogether and focus on deploying new technologies such Encrypted Media Extensions, Media Source Extensions, Canvas, Web Audio, and WebRTC.
 

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Flash is on life support for sure, There are still quite a lot of popular sites that still uses them. When the 3 pay sites I use for viewing TV and shows switch to HTML5, I can't wait to get rid of Flash and completely take the most security flaw and most exploited app off my system.
 

LASER_oneXM

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^^ yes thats the problem.... If you now kick flash from your system then also a
lot of popular sites will be useless for you because they simply stop showing their content....
im using html5 in my browser and flash is "klick to enable"... and hoping that flash disapears from the web completely...
 
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