Credit: PC World
There are a number of reasons to disable Flash on your browser – most obvious is security. Adobe asked users to stop using it months ago.
Soon there will be two more reasons to remove Flash content from web sites
● almost all Flash content will be blocked by Google’s Chrome browser by the end of the year
● Mozilla’s Firefox will block, “certain Flash content that is not essential to the user experience”, starting in August
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2016/07/mozilla-will-start-blocking-superfluous-flash-content/ / Mozilla blocking superfluous Flash content Google committed to blocking Adobe Flash Chrome browser Mozilla stop non-essential Flash content displayed Firefox browser starting August HTML5 supplanted Flash preferred technology support rich media websites good riddance Flash numerous security vulnerabilities concerted effort move websites off Flash plugin Mozilla blog post August Firefox block Flash content user experience support legacy Flash content future changes Firefox users enhanced security improved battery life faster page load better browser responsiveness Firefox blocking specific Flash content invisible to users reduce Flash crashes hang hangs minimise website compatibility problems changes limited to a short curated list Flash content replaced with HTML HTML5 Mozilla moving away from plugins implementing web APIs replace their functionality drop all APAPI plugins Flash /
