

It has received both praise for its functionality and criticism for its security vulnerabilities.Adobe Flash Player PPAPI is widely used across the internet and is necessary to access some multimedia content.It supports a variety of web technologies, including HTML5 Canvas, WebGL, and 3D graphics. The plugin is available for multiple operating systems and web browsers, including Google Chrome, Opera, and Chromium-based browsers. It enables users to view multimedia content, such as videos and games, within web browsers that support the Pepper Plugin API (PPAPI). Firefox ESR 78 will support Flash Player for the time being, assuming the Flash Player NPAPI plugin is already installed as it’s no longer available for download.Adobe Flash Player PPAPI is a browser plugin developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated.Firefox - removed Flash Player support in Firefox 85, released on Jan 26, 2021.Google Chrome - removed Flash Player support in Chrome 88, released Jan 19, 2021.Apple Safari - removed Flash Player support in Safari 14, released Sept 16, 2020.Major browser vendors are deprecating Flash Player support. This is an investment and prioritization choice, not a technical limitation.

All modern browsers provide the capabilities necessary to do this in JavaScript. Locking this topic as it's no longer relavant.įor completeness, Adobe announced Flash Player's end-of-life in July 2017 giving content creators, programmers, developers, IT experts, etc over 3 years remove Flash Player dependencies from their products.

This post is from one year ago and no longer relavant as Flash Player reached end-of-life at the end of 2020 and Flash Player is no longer available for download.
