![]() ![]() Now, if people install Flash onto their Macs, Flash will still remain “off by default.” This means that each time a person uses Apple’s Safari browser to visit a website with Flash, they must give the website permission to run the tech.Īpple did not cite any specific timeline for phasing out Flash by the end of 2020. For its Mac lineup of personal computers, Apple said it began moving away from Flash in 2010 when it didn’t pre-install those computers with Flash. ![]() AppleĪs Apple (AAPL) notes in its blog post on the announcement, Apple has never supported Flash on its iOS-powered mobile devices like the iPhone and iPad. Microsoft plans to eliminate all support for Flash by the end of 2020, and people will no longer be able to run Flash in both the Edge and Internet Explorer browsers. After re-enabling Flash, people will “will continue to require approval for Flash on a site-by-site basis.” Microsoft will then disable Flash by default in its two browsers in middle or late 2019, but people will be allowed to re-enable Flash in those browsers. Again, Internet Explorer users can continue to visit website with Flash like they normally do. In mid-to-late 2018, however, the Edge browser will require permission from users to run Flash each time they visit a website that uses Flash. Internet Explorer users can continue using Flash without needing to give permission. The Edge browser will remember their choice so that they only need to give permission once. From 2017 through 2018, people will need to give permission to the Edge browser to run Flash when they visit a website that use the tech. Microsoft gave a timeline of how it plans to stop supporting Flash for its old-school Internet Explorer browser and its newer Microsoft Edge browser. The company said that it would “remove Flash completely from Chrome toward the end of 2020.” Until then, if people visit a site that uses Flash, they will be prompted to give the web site permission to run Flash. Now, however, only 17% of PC and Chrome users visit websites with Flash, and that percentage “continues to decline.” The search giant noted that three years ago, 80% of people who used its Chrome browsers on desktop computers visited a website that incorporate Flash in some way. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.As Google notes in a blog post, Flash’s popularity has greatly declined over the years. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. And the Adobe Flash Player has now been laid to rest.Ĭopyright © 2021 NPR. But they operated on open standards not a proprietary one, so Web browsers adapted new standards. SALTER: And it was really frustrating because Flash was so good at bringing new people into making things.ĬHANG: Salter says the technologies that took its place weren't as easy to learn. ![]() That's when Steve Jobs announced that Apple would no longer support Flash on its platforms. Hey, Strong Bad, what's up? Can you play the guitar?ĬORNISH: Salter says people started to migrate away from Flash around 2012. MATT CHAPMAN: (As Strong Bad, singing) Oh, tap your toes and check your email. And it's where we get kind of all of the cool early experiments like "Homestar Runner." SALTER: No one had really imagined having a tool like that for an individual to make something interactive. But in the early 2000s, people like Salter found Flash miraculous. Those early animations may feel rudimentary compared to what you might see from, say, Pixar. ![]() SALTER: It took us out of a fairly static, text-based Web to an animated, interactive space and really shaped a whole generation of artists and animators.ĬHANG: Flash helped people create games and stories and other playable work and post them online. Adobe announced end-of-life plans in 2017 and officially ended support on January 1.ĪNASTASIA SALTER: Adobe Flash was the tool that reimagined the Web.ĬORNISH: Anastasia Salter is an associate professor of English at the University of Central Florida. "Salad Fingers" was one of the many Web cartoons, games and animations that Flash made possible, but Flash has been on its way out for years. Long live Adobe Flash Player.ĭAVID FIRTH: (As Salad Fingers) Hello. A moment now to remember a pioneering Internet technology. ![]()
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