[Solved]Recent flash update, now i can't get persistent enabled flash
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@lonlewis54 It's not a Opera only decision. Adobe, the maker of Flash, will stop developing it in December 31, 2020 as announced by them in 2017.
Even before that, Chromium - in which Opera, Chrome and other browsers are based - started a roadmap to make the web more plugin free. Firefox and others also announced the same.
So, basically, starting from January 2021 almost all browsers will stop supporting Flash.
https://www.chromium.org/flash-roadmap
https://blog.chromium.org/2017/07/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-flash.html
https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2017/07/25/adobe-flash-update.html#gs.gysqxk -
A Former User last edited by
I need to stop flash from automatically turning off!
I am using Opera GX. Any help will be appreciated!!
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426
@jan64x If you goto the URL
opera://settings/content/flash, you will see an "ask first" option. By default it's disabled, which means "Block sites from running Flash (recommended)".So, by default, Flash is blocked on every site. If you enable "ask first", it means "When encountering Flash, ask the user if they want to allow it for the site or not".
The "Your Flash settings will be kept until you quit Opera" warning on the page applies to all the Flash settings there. That means, when you close Opera, "Ask first" will be disabled (not in Chrome though. It will stay on, but warn you at startup that it's on), and the allow and block lists will be cleared.
If for some reason "Ask first" keeps reverting to enabled when you explicitly turn it off, that means there's something messed up with your preferences file.
If you really want Opera to not use Flash, uninstall it from your system. It doesn't come with Flash like Chrome does.
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bktorce last edited by
hello, I have a problem and that is that every time I close the browser and open it again, restart the configuration of some things, including the flash player. Is there a solution to this problem?
thanks for your attention
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casey7 last edited by leocg
flash player on Facebook games has to be reset for permissions every time I go into game. I click the lock and reset it to 'allow' but when I leave the site then re-enter a game on FB I have to do it all over again. How do I keep the settings on allow???
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lonlewis54 last edited by
I wish I knew how he broke it. This is the way I would prefer. I would like to save it and have it act the same way as chrome. I'm actually using chrome with "ask first" and that works.
I know it's going away, but I plan to use it until it has, would be nice to not have to go through the setup each time I start opera.
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unkemptrat last edited by
So, to get ready for the demise of flash, let's make things really inconvenient for the users in the meantime. Hmm. There are times when I'd like to reach out to the developers and cause them to suffer in some way. This is one of those times.
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blackbird71 last edited by@unkemptrat Developers always face a choice: either gradually make an obsoleting feature less and less user-convenient to push websites (and users) off it while accepting chronic complaining or suddenly kill it and have the user universe in a surprised uproar that fills support forums with confusion and rancor. For a once-widely-used feature, there's really few, if any, good alternatives.
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unkemptrat last edited by
Ok, I accept the idea of the gradual lessening of support for flash. But I ask you this: On the 1st day of no support (Jan 1, 2021) what happens to the functionality of flash? It works today just fine. Why shouldn't it still work Jan 1st? The only "bad" thing that I can think of is Adobe removes it from their download site. Ok fine, I'll use the flash that I have in perpetuity until I no longer need it. (my last thought: opportunity for a 3rd party api?)
