From this point forward, the only settings will be 'Ask to Activate,' the default, and 'Never Activate.' 3, the browser is losing the 'Always Activate' option for Flash, meaning that every request to run it must be user approved. With Firefox 69, scheduled for release Sept. In early September, Mozilla will take the next step in purging the plug-in. And Firefox will remember the site that was authorized if the user checks the box marked 'Remember this decision' in the pop-up that appears when giving Flash permission. Firefox soon to limit Flash optionsĪt this point, Firefox continues to run Flash Player on a per-site basis when a user authorizes the action. Starting with Chrome 76, users will have to dive into Settings to run Flash after seeing this message on a site. If the user manually switches Flash back on through Settings, the infobar will appear, warning that the plug-in won't be supported at all after December 2020. Google is thinking about adding what it called an 'infobar' to the top of Chrome with the debut of version 76. Only after re-enabling Flash - Settings->Advanced->Site Settings->Flash->Ask First - will Chrome users be able to run Flash and display Flash content, and then only after their explicit okay. With Flash default disabled - Chrome 76 will appear July 30, or in six weeks - sites requiring the plug-in will show the 'missing puzzle piece' symbol and the message 'Adobe Flash Player is blocked.' Users will not be able to run Flash - at all - without going into Settings.

Starting with Chrome 76, which is the next version slated to ship, Google's browser will disable Flash by default, the state the browser will remain in until all support is yanked in late 2020. Two years after those initial promises of cutting out Flash, where are the browsers? How about a status update? Chrome's this close to turning Flash off by default

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