![]() ![]() flv Flash Video files on your computer that you wish to play in the future, you can use the open-source video player VLC to open them instead. I haven’t had Flash Player on my own computer for at least five years. But since Adobe announced that it was pulling the plug those migrations have been fast-tracked and I personally don’t know of a single website anymore that still requires it. Flash hung on for the past decade, however, because there were still many websites out there that weren’t updated to use the new standards that don’t require Flash anymore. And to be honest that has been true for probably a decade or more. But over the years the standard web languages added the ability to do all of these things without Flash in a more efficient and secure way. Flash was created because websites in the 90s had no good way to play movies and animations or to create interactive content. So what is replacing Flash? Your web browser. Posted on January 7th, 2021 by Kirk McElhearn Adobe Flash Player has had a long life as a tool for displaying multimedia content in web browsers, but as of December 31, 2020, this software reached the end of its life. IPhone and iPad have famously never had Flash, so you don’t need to worry about it there. Adobe also provides instructions to uninstall manually. If you don’t, a Flash Player Install Manager app in your Applications > Utilities folder should be able to remove Flash Player as well. The program can be supported on browsers like Internet Explorer, IE for Windows 10, Edge, Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome, and Opera. ![]() Linux users may also download the software on their devices. It has a separate client for Windows 7 or older OS, as well as for Windows 8 and 10. I strongly recommend doing so-just click the Uninstall button if you get this alert. Adobe Flash Player is available on Mac OS. Because Adobe will no longer be addressing security vulnerabilities in Flash with updates, Flash Player now prompts users to uninstall it from your Mac. In 2017, Adobe announced that it would stop distributing and updating Flash Player on December 31st, 2020. Open a Finder window then select Applications, now open Utilities (or search for the app Adobe Flash Player Install Manager) Open Adobe Flash Player Install Manager > click Uninstall. ![]()
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