Adobe: Flash to EOL in 2020

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>
> Date: July 25, 2017 at 1:04:22 PM EDT
> To: Infowarrior List <infowarrior () attrition org>
> Cc: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Adobe: Flash to EOL in 2020
>
> (can't come soon enough!  -- rick)
>
> Flash & The Future of Interactive Content
>
> https://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2017/07/adobe-flash-update.html
>
> Posted by Adobe Corporate Communications on July 25, 2017
>
> Adobe has long played a leadership role in advancing interactivity and creative content – from video, to games and 
> more – on the web. Where we’ve seen a need to push content and interactivity forward, we’ve innovated to meet those 
> needs. Where a format didn’t exist, we invented one – such as with Flash and Shockwave. And over time, as the web 
> evolved, these new formats were adopted by the community, in some cases formed the basis for open standards, and 
> became an essential part of the web.
>
> But as open standards like HTML5, WebGL and WebAssembly have matured over the past several years, most now provide 
> many of the capabilities and functionalities that plugins pioneered and have become a viable  alternative for content 
> on the web. Over time, we’ve seen helper apps evolve to become plugins, and more recently, have seen many of these 
> plugin capabilities get incorporated into open web standards. Today, most browser vendors are integrating 
> capabilities once provided by plugins directly into browsers and deprecating plugins.
>
> Given this progress, and in collaboration with several of our technology partners – including Apple, Facebook, 
> Google, Microsoft and Mozilla – Adobe is planning to end-of-life Flash. Specifically, we will stop updating and 
> distributing the Flash Player at the end of 2020 and encourage content creators to migrate any existing Flash content 
> to these new open formats.
>
> Several industries and businesses have been built around Flash technology – including gaming, education and video – 
> and we remain committed to supporting Flash through 2020, as customers and partners put their migration plans into 
> place. Adobe will continue to support Flash on a number of major OSs and browsers that currently support Flash 
> content through the planned EOL. This will include issuing regular security patches, maintaining OS and browser 
> compatibility and adding features and capabilities as needed. We remain fully committed to working with partners, 
> including Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla to maintain the security and compatibility of Flash content. 
> [To see each partner’s announcement on this news, click on the links inside each partner name.] In addition, we plan 
> to move more aggressively to EOL Flash in certain geographies where unlicensed and outdated versions of Flash Player 
> are being distributed.
>
> Adobe will also remain at the forefront of leading the development of new web standards and actively participate in 
> their advancement. This includes continuing to contribute to the HTML5 standard and participating in the WebAssembly 
> Community Group. And we’ll continue to provide best in class animation and video tools such as Animate CC, the 
> premier web animation tool for developing HTML5 content, and Premiere Pro CC.
>
> Looking ahead, Adobe will continue to provide the best tools and services for designers and developers to create 
> amazing content for the web.



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