Firefox will also soon start blocking Flash Player by default

Internet is changing very quickly. industry specialists constantly adapt. However, like everywhere, some are still here, almost from the beginning, memories of a distant past. This is the case of Flash, much criticized today. Google had made the decision to disable by default in Chrome. And soon, Firefox will do the same.

In an article on the official blog, Mozilla engineer Benjamin Smedberg said that by next month, Firefox 48 will disable default all nonessential Flash components. And to show that Mozilla turns to companies, displaying professionalism certain, then ask Firefox in 2017 click to activate the Flash content. So if you own a website or a game based on Flash, Mozilla has one advice for you: switch to HTML as quickly as possible.

Google Chrome had applied a similar restriction last year. In 2014, Firefox completely blocking a specific Flash version because of a very serious vulnerability, and until that Adobe offers a fix ...

It is time to say goodbye and thank you to Flash. Time for HTML!