Here’s another sign that Adobe Flash is doomed. According to a post on the WebKit blog posted by Apple developer Ricky Condello, Flash, Java, Silverlight And QuickTime will be disabled by default in the version of Safari that will ship with the upcoming macOS Sierra:
Most websites that detect that Flash isn’t available, but don’t have an HTML5 fallback, display a “Flash isn’t installed” message with a link to download Flash from Adobe. If a user clicks on one of those links, Safari will inform them that the plug-in is already installed and offer to activate it just one time or every time the website is visited. The default option is to activate it only once. We have similar handling for the other common plug-ins.
But if the website does have an HTML5 fallback, Safari will use the HTML5 version. But the methodology is very clear. You have to decide to run Flash or some other plug in, and if you do, the risks are yours and yours alone. Frankly, I haven’t run Flash for over a year and I don’t miss it. Ditto for Java. So this in my mind will hasten the death of these plug ins.If that’s not enough, this blog post suggests to developers that they should move to HTML5 and other browser based technologies. That will further drive nails in the coffins of the plug ins.
Like this:
Like Loading...
Related
This entry was posted on June 15, 2016 at 9:41 pm and is filed under Commentary with tags Apple. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Another Nail In The Coffin Of Flash: Safari Will Block Flash…And Others
Here’s another sign that Adobe Flash is doomed. According to a post on the WebKit blog posted by Apple developer Ricky Condello, Flash, Java, Silverlight And QuickTime will be disabled by default in the version of Safari that will ship with the upcoming macOS Sierra:
Most websites that detect that Flash isn’t available, but don’t have an HTML5 fallback, display a “Flash isn’t installed” message with a link to download Flash from Adobe. If a user clicks on one of those links, Safari will inform them that the plug-in is already installed and offer to activate it just one time or every time the website is visited. The default option is to activate it only once. We have similar handling for the other common plug-ins.
But if the website does have an HTML5 fallback, Safari will use the HTML5 version. But the methodology is very clear. You have to decide to run Flash or some other plug in, and if you do, the risks are yours and yours alone. Frankly, I haven’t run Flash for over a year and I don’t miss it. Ditto for Java. So this in my mind will hasten the death of these plug ins.If that’s not enough, this blog post suggests to developers that they should move to HTML5 and other browser based technologies. That will further drive nails in the coffins of the plug ins.
Share this:
Like this:
Related
This entry was posted on June 15, 2016 at 9:41 pm and is filed under Commentary with tags Apple. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.