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Google Now Automatically Converts Flash Ads To HTML5
An anonymous reader writes "Google today began automatically converting Adobe Flash ads to HTML5. As a result, it's now even easier for advertisers to target users on the Google Display Network without a device or browser that supports Flash. Back in September, Google began offering interactive HTML5 backups when Flash wasn't supported. The Flash-to-HTML5 conversion tools for the Google Display Network and DoubleClick Campaign Manager created an HTML5 version of Flash ads, showing an actual ad rather than a static image backup. Now, Google will automatically convert eligible Flash campaigns, both existing and new, to HTML5."
I have flash turned off (who doesn't?) but lately I've noticed that ads have begun to autoplay again.
So, how do you make html5 "always ask first"?
Oliver's law of assumed responsibility: If you're seen fixing it, you will be blamed for breaking it.
While everyone else is bitching about ads being displayed (hey, adblock targets the CONTAINER, not the AD itself, so it is still blocked, just like static images were before!)...
I'm extremely THANKFUL for this! Seriously, can we not count the number of end-user exploits that have been transmitted through Flash advertising on some of the worlds largest and most visited web sites!? Adobe and the Flash platform have a horrendously bad reputation in the security market. As someone who has to constantly fix other people's computers, this is a much MUCH welcomed change!!
oh wait, shit, what am I saying... less broken computers = less paychecks for me... FUCK. NNNOOOO, BRING THE FLASH BACK!!! :-O
The FlashBlock extension for Firefox has an option for "Block HTML5 video as well." Silverlight, too.
Thanks to the War on Drugs, it's easier to buy meth than it is to buy cold medicine!
I cannot even begin to count the number of commenters here who pushed HTML5 as the best way to end, once and for all, those incredibly invasive and annoying Flash ads.
You got exactly what you were asking for.
So long as business is on the web, there will never, ever, ever be a technological "solution" to online advertising. There's simply too much money at stake for that to happen.
Obliteracy: Words with explosions
I'd rather go to a "Autoplay site owners should be beaten into comas" model, myself.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
I'd rather go back to having unpersonalized penis enhancement ads. They made me much more comfortable than the customized penis enlargement ads I get now. :(
Would you rather go to a pay model?
False dichotomy. "No ads" and "ads that pop-up or auto-play without permission" are not the only alternatives. I have no problem with text ads, and I don't mind non-flashing banner ads. Not all marketers are assholes.
Maybe Intel can make a special core dedicated for ads ?
Try out Flash Control, which does block both Flash and HTML5 videos, and not just on YouTube.
Would you rather go to a pay model?
False dichotomy. "No ads" and "ads that pop-up or auto-play without permission" are not the only alternatives. I have no problem with text ads, and I don't mind non-flashing banner ads. Not all marketers are assholes.
Yeah, the 99% give the other 1% a bad name.
Slow down, cowboy! It has been 4 hours since you last posted. You must wait another few hours.