When Things Are Forced

I don't think the default player is HTML5 based, but they're moving in that direction. Google in particular is very adamant about abandoning flash.

it depends. If your entire website is built on flash then it's not an easy change. This is very rare, though. Think of, for example, Square's websites for KH games. They have graphics moving around, sparkly effects, etc. they're made in flash, and once upon a time, if you wanted that showiness, flash was the way to do it. Think of it like a giant flash game made to look like a website. Nowadays, JavaScript and even CSS3 can replicate a lot of the effects of flash, and they're supported on most devices, unlike flash.

For most sites, they use flash for things like video or audio players. Those are easy to replace with HTML5 or Javascript.

 

Good, haha, because it's actually starting to get annoying that if I leave a video paused for a long time, it causes one of these problems:

• I go to resume it and get a browser freeze and an unresponsive script popup. I'll either wait or stop the plugin, which crashes the YouTube player.
• I resume it, but for about 30 seconds it freezes and unfreezes.
• If I refresh it because I don't want to deal with the on and off freezes above, the loading of the tab (and browser, I think, as well) is really slow and freeze-y.

I wonder if Flash is why Mozilla Firefox temporarily freezes when I open it in the morning (though you said that was an issue with Firefox in my Technology thread on it).

 

Flash sucks! It's like a magicians cheap parlor trick. HTML5 is like expecto patronum.

 

It looks like the option to opt out did exist, as I just installed the update for my mom.

Guess I just didn't pay attention when I updated it on my computer.

 

Well I guess the lesson here is ... PAY ATTENTION!!!