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So with Flash on its way out, is there any plans on this forum regarding Flash?

My browser now blocks all Flash plugins.

Currently, I think only the Arcade absolutely depends on flash. The embeds for media are pretty much all migrated to HTML5 already. But I don't think there's anything that can be done to convert over the Arcade, that's something each game's authors would have to do.

It looks like the standard Halforums page tries to load:
https://www.halforums.com/xenforo/js/swfupload/Flash/swfupload.swf

Any idea if it's still necessary?

evilmike said:

It looks like the standard Halforums page tries to load:
https://www.halforums.com/xenforo/js/swfupload/Flash/swfupload.swf

Any idea if it's still necessary?

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That's the flash uploader, it's not required and there's an HTML version that is used automatically when flash isn't available, is my understanding.

Yeah, the arcade will probably go bye bye but other than that nothing much will change. So get your scores in now!

There's a Flash bug that gets loaded on every page, too.
At least, that's what my plug-in keeps trying to tell me.

--Patrick

I have had Flash freeze up and crash while visiting the site on FF.

Hey.

If you're an Adobe Flash user, you should probably update it ASAP.

--Patrick

PatrThom said:

Hey.

If you're an Adobe Flash user, you should probably update it ASAP.

--Patrick

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You know you could post this just about daily.

Adobe to kill off Flash in January’s Creative Cloud update
No, I'm not gonna make a [Brazelton] thread for this. I don't feel like I can really call it a surprise.

--Patrick

Ok, I'm done. I've uninstalled Flash player on my main PC. With stuff like this showing up so frequently, I'm just done with it.
The only reason I'm not uninstalling Silverlight is because I never installed it in the first place.

According to a blog post published Monday by researchers from security firm FireEye, the new Angler attacks are significant because they're the first exploits found in the wild that successfully pierce the mitigations [such as EMET and DEP]

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--Patrick

Welp Apple's gone and done it.
Buncha software updates were released today for phones 'n' stuff, but also an update to the Safari browser.
Safari now no longer supports Flash.
It's the beginning of the end.

--Patrick

Safari supported Flash?

I hate that flash is gone. They just wiped so much of the internet out. I understand why, but it's so shitty.

jwhouk said:

Safari supported Flash?

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All browsers that supported the NPAPI supported Flash, at least until browsers started to deprecate support for NPAPI due to security concerns.

—Patrick

Flash’s demise also means the end of FarmVille.

Players will be able to keep making in-app purchases through November 17; after that point, payments and refunds will be suspended but users will still be able to play through December 31, at which point FarmVille shuts the barn doors for good.

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—Patrick

My wife of ten years ago would be very sad, but she hasn't played it in quite a while.

A-AH! SAVIOR OF THE UNIVERSE!!!

Can't believe no one made this joke yet...

Now it's Microsoft's turn:


--Patrick

@Li3n said:

A-AH! SAVIOR OF THE UNIVERSE!!!

Can't believe no one made this joke yet...

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Damn you, I came here to do that

I literally waited over a week or more before posting it... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

And it's gone...

I uninstalled it 5 min ago.

A reminder to uninstall Flash from your machine today to head off annoying OS behaviors starting tomorrow.

--Patrick

I did a reinstall of the OS back when I rebuilt my home desktop.
This machine's never had flash on it...haven't missed it.

PatrThom said:

A reminder to uninstall Flash from your machine today to head off annoying OS behaviors starting tomorrow.

--Patrick

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Tomorrow? Mine's been spamming me all week.

Tomorrow is when things like the auto-update script are gonna start choking because of Adobe back-end changes, with full cessation on the 12th.

--Patrick