[SOON] Google Chrome to Block Adobe Flash - Comments Page 2

To Keith A Lindsay, Win 10 did not have IE, it sure does. I got rid of that Edge browser and got IE 11 working w/FF 46.0.1.

As to flash, I allow on single cases and have it remember on some too. The HTML5 videos are horrendous that one website offered me, looked like very early Youtube videos.

The iPhone had just come out and we were both excited with the shiny new tech in our pocket and purse... until my wife discovered that many of our favorite sites were NOT viewable. She was more than ready to return hers, pronto!

At that time, a good alternative wasn't in place, so it was hard to do without. But along with many other longtime computer programmers and troubleshooters, I agreed with Apple's early refusal to support the problematic Flash player. It was the correct (but painful) choice. Even today, much improvement is needed and certainly overdue. R.I.P. Flash player. We knew you well, but your day has long-passed.

What safe options are available for playing videos?

You are still avoiding all the requests to suggest a viable alternative for all the essential things which still require Flash. Windows itself, and the entire internet, is compromised daily. Should we kill Windows or the entire internet, then? Please propose a viable alternative before parroting overhasty actions.

EDITOR'S NOTE: From the user perspective, there is no alternative. If a website contains Flash content, you will need to decide if the risk is worth the reward. Websites that use Flash are becoming fewer, as more and more convert their content to HTML5.

A lot of you people are missing the point, FLASH IS BUGGY AND SHOULDN'T BE USED. HTML5 is the way to go for web sites and it works with all browsers that I know of and you don't have to pay a thing for it, and Google has nothing to do with it as far as I know.

I use Firefox and Chrome as back up and for some sites where Fox doesn't display correctly grocery shopping mostly it fast, I've got 64 bit Fox now and used it 32 bit and now 64 forever so not easy to wean off :)
Flash hasn't caused me angst ever. Need it for most places for videos. See no alternative.
I'm sticking with Window 7 too seems far too much of this "take away their choice" for my liking. We're adults not kids or is it simply Big Brother? Left is trying hard so go Mr Trump.

As I read thru these comments, my eyes are drawn to a gray bar at the top of the screen that asks, "Allow http://askbobranken.com to run "Adobe Flash"? I am quite sure that that message is from my browser. (FF now, but I have Chrome and am using both. Both seem to hog resources and are less than quick on occasion.) But if the message is from my browser, does it imply that Flash is used on this site with the TRASH FLASH message for the Bob Faithful?

EDITOR'S NOTE: I don't have any Flash videos hosted on my site. Perhaps one of the sponsor ads is using Flash. That's not something I can control, sorry. If you refresh the page, it will probably go away.

We had someone make the mistake at work to remove/disable Flash after you last warning. Then we found out that Google Drive documents would no longer print, but only gave us a screen graphic and printout of the puzzle piece. And this was Google itself on Googles Chrome browser... We eventually saved our business (we depend on Google Drive for almost everything) by reinstalling Flash, resetting the browsers back to what they were before, and doing some odd tweaking where necessary (or at least our IT guy did). Odd that it seems that Google itself seems to depend on Flash for it's own stuff to work... Hope they come up with a working alternative.

PS right clicking on the puzzle pieces did NOTHING. A reinstall was apparently necessary.

I have all my browsers set up where, if I need Flash to play a video (or whatever Flash needs to do)I get asked (Click If You Want Flash) and I use it - once. The next time I need to use Flash to do anything, I get asked, again. This might not be secure, but it's working for me.

I've got to add I don't use Chrome much. Just for Gmail.

Bye Bye Flash! I'm glad Google is getting rid of it! It's nothing but trouble for me. I use Yahoo and Amazon, but will be happy when they stop using Flash.