Kill Flash now? Chrome may be about to do just that

[steven36]

Google browser preparing to close the internet's screen door

 

 

Google's Chrome web browser could be disabling all Flash content by default before the year's out.

 

El Reg has learned that developers with the Chromium Project are working on a new feature known as 'HTML5 by Default'.

 

The move could help to keep users safe by locking off a favorite target for web-based malware exploits.

 

As its name suggests, the feature would set Chrome to run the HTML5 version of web pages by default. If not available, the browser would then check for Flash content and ask the user to manually approve it before loading.

 

This would, in effect, seal off Flash content from the user unless absolutely necessary, though Chromium developers do note that they plan to exempt the top 10 domains that use Flash for one year in order to reduce impact of the blockade.

 

"While Flash historically has been critical for rich media on the web, today in many cases HTML5 provides a more integrated media experience with faster load times and lower power consumption," the Chromium developers explain.

 

"This change reflects the maturity of HTML5 and its ability to deliver an excellent user experience. We will continue to work closely with Adobe and other browser vendors to keep moving the web platform forward, in particular paying close attention to web gaming."

 

The developers hope to have the feature running in Chrome by the fourth quarter of this year.

 

Minimizing or blocking Flash outright is an increasingly popular recommendation due to the prevalance of high-risk security vulnerabilities in the browser plug-in that can be automatically exploited by embedded content in web pages.

 

Though Google and Microsoft have begun automatically installing Flash security updates in their browsers, zero-day flaws would still pose a threat.

 

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[Beamslider]

Flash and Java both suck.....Don't use either one.

[Jaley]

Flash sucks but i doubt it's quite realistic to remove them at this point of time since most of the web app/video is still using Flash unless they migrate to HTML5 else it's pointless.

[steven36]

11 hours ago, Jaley said:

Flash sucks but i doubt it's quite realistic to remove them at this point of time since most of the web app/video is still using Flash unless they migrate to HTML5 else it's pointless.

This is a good idea to me for Chromium based browsers  right  now to turn it off and you put in chrome:plugins   in the address bar to turn it off  witch is a royal pain in the butt  it would much better if they ask you do you want use it or not when HTML5 is not available Firefox already has ask to activate for along time also its very easy too toggle off and on with a addon .

[pc71520]

Unfortunately, sites still use Java and Flash.

We haven't done with Java and Flash yet...

[steven36]

16 minutes ago, pc71520 said:

Unfortunately, sites still use Java and Flash.

We haven't done with Java and Flash yet...

No sites use Java that i use since the last decade you would have to Google down such sites and its not even worth it. Java plugin is dead in the Java preview 9  there's not even a plugin .

I dont even install Java in windows its been a vulnerability for decades and is not needed to run the web anymore.  Something better than HTML5 needs to take flash's place that's why  i mostly stream using MPV player + Youtube-DL 

[pc71520]

http://armorgames.com/

http://www.kongregate.com/

 

Just two of the many gaming sites that require Flash. 

 

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