Uninstall Flash and use HTML?

[thornbirdpro]

thornbirdpro last edited by leocg

My Question is a simple one
Im Andrew not that computer savvy
I get messages saying
( Adobe flash player ) to uninstall
and the info out there is to use
HTML so is there a HTML particular to download and is it ok with ( Opera ! )
as I am happy with Opera Browser
I hope this gets a Tech response That I can Follow easily
as I am all two finger typing Regards Andrew !

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @thornbirdpro last edited by

@thornbirdpro Yes, Flash will stop working on the end of the year and some browsers are warning their users about it.

Nothing need to be done by you or any other user.

[naheed]

naheed last edited by

As @leocg stated, Adobe is ending support of Flash Player by the end
of this year. And in all browsers Flash will be disabled by default in this year.
However, if anyone wants they may re-enable it on a site-by-site basis.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @naheed last edited by

@naheed Flash will probably stop working for good, users will not be able to use it anymore.

[thornbirdpro]

thornbirdpro @naheed last edited by

@naheed

Where to find area to re - enable Flash player Please and Ty Andrew

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @thornbirdpro last edited by leocg

@thornbirdpro Check opera://settings/content/flash. That section no longer exist in Opera 74.

[blackbird71]

blackbird71 last edited by

The noose is tightening around Flash. FWIW, on Oct. 27, 2020, Microsoft issued KB4577586 update which removes Adobe Flash Player from Windows operating systems (and which is a non-reversible update). Currently, the update has to be manually obtained from the Update Catalog, but will eventually become available via WSUS in early 2021.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4577586/update-for-removal-of-adobe-flash-player

[blackbird71]

blackbird71 last edited by

A further update on all this... from: https://www.zdnet.com/article/adobe-to-block-flash-content-from-running-on-january-12-2021/

"Adobe has released on Tuesday the last update ever for its iconic Flash Player app, which the company plans to retire at the end of the year. ... Skipping this last Flash update won't remove this "time bomb," however. Adobe told ZDNet that the killswitch code was added months before in previous releases and that this last Flash update only modifies the language used in the prompt that will ask users to uninstall the app."

That pretty much seals the fate of Flash. A user attempting to bypass the kill switch by installing an old Flash version (assuming they can even figure out and find a version prior to the kill-switch introduction) will only result in them using a Flash version with known security holes - the older the version, the more holes.