Any alternative for the Firefox plug-in 'Adobe Flash Player'?

[Jesse Palser]

Try Google Chrome
http://www.google.com/chrome



On 7/16/2015 11:51 AM, Alan Dacey (grokit) wrote:
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> The reason it is blocked is because there are zero day exploits being 
> used in the wild. Look up "Hacking Team hacked" for more information.
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> The only alternative is HTML5 video. Some sites use it, like Youtube, 
> but not all.
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> Basically you're stuck with flash if you visit sites that use it.
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> Alan
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> On Thursday, July 16, 2015 5:12:51 PM Bas Roufs wrote:
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> > Hello Everybody,
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> > ever since a few days, the Firefox plug in 'Adobe Flash Player' is 
> causing
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> > problems. When visiting Facebook or any other website with video 
> content, I
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> > get information like this:
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> > *'Firefox has prevented the unsafe plugin 'Adobe Flash' from running on
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> > www.facebook.com <http://www.facebook.com>.'*
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> > When clicking for more info, I arrive at this page:
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> > https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
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> >
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> > A page from where it is apparently possible to download a newer? 
> version of
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> > this plug-in. However, I prefer to use some flash package from one 
> of the
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> > regular repositories.
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> > At that page, Adobe writes the following:
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> >
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> > *'(...) Adobe Flash Player 11.2 will be the last version to target 
> Linux as
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> > a supported platform. Adobe will continue to provide security 
> backports to
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> > Flash Player 11.2 for Linux.(...)'.*
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> >
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> > To be honest, if Adobe does not continue any more development of his 
> flash
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> > player for Linux, I would prefer using some alternative that 
> continues to
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> > be maintained and developed. Do you know any alternative with a similar
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> > functionality, allowing me to get rid of Adobe Flash Player?
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> >
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> > Respectfully yours,
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> > Bas G. Roufs.
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