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Firefox To Block Non-Essential Flash Content In August 2016, Require Click-To-Activate In 2017 (mozilla.org)

Posted by msmash on from the things-to-come dept.

Mozilla has announced that it plans to discontinue support for Flash in Firefox. Starting next month, Firefox will block Flash content "that is not essential to the user experience." Also, starting sometime in 2017, the browser will require click-to-activate approval from users before a website activates the Flash plugin for any content. In a blogpost, the company writes:Mozilla and the Web as a whole have been taking steps to reduce the need for Flash content in everyday browsing. Over the past few years, Firefox has implemented Web APIs to replace functionality that was formerly provided only by plugins. This includes audio/video playback and streaming capabilities, clipboard integration, fast 2D and 3D graphics, WebSocket networking, and microphone/camera access. As websites have switched from Flash to other web technologies, the plugin crash rate in Firefox has dropped significantly. [...] We continue to work closely with Adobe to deliver the best possible Flash experience for our users.

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  1. Too damned late. by Sable+Drakon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Mozilla should have made 'Click to Activate' the default behavior years ago. I've been running with that option toggled on for a few years, and it's never been an issue. If it's running Flash, I don't fucking want it turning on all by itself.

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  2. Click2Run should be standard... by OfficeLackey · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Click to run should be the standard for all browsers and multimedia plugins. It's just safer that way. (Though advertisers will hate it...)

  3. Re:And this is why my primary browser isn't Firefo by HBI · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Pale Moon with Noscript. When they decide to start thinking for me, i'll look for another browser...

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  4. Re:Why? by LichtSpektren · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Believe it or not, there's a lot of people who just run Firefox or Chrome fresh from the install without any tinkering or extensions. There's a reason why ads are still the biggest vector for malware.

  5. Re:And this is why my primary browser isn't Firefo by lgw · · Score: 4, Funny

    IE just won't play flash unless you have the latest, as far as I can tell.

    Edge will, well, no matter what it does you're still doing it on Edge.

    Lynx has successfully blocked Flash since 1992 - everyone else is that far behind.

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  6. Flash deprecation by whoozwah · · Score: 5, Informative

    Good. Maybe next people will stop requiring javascript too. Too many sites require javascript to be enabled just to click on a damn link.