In order to display Flash content, web browsers require the Adobe Flash Player plugin. At its height, Flash was widely used by web developers to provide multimedia content on websites, but over the years the technology has been superseded by open standards like HTML5 and WebGL. What is Flash?įlash is a software platform that can be used to create graphics, animations, games, and embedded video players. In this short article, we’ll answer some common questions about this important transition, and let you know what it means in terms of security and privacy.
After that, Adobe and its partners will no longer support Flash, and the software will receive no additional updates. It’s the end of an era: the long-awaited end-of-life (EOL) for Adobe Flash will arrive on December 31, 2020.
