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#1 User is offline   miksis 

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Posted 2016-May-16, 18:35

I read today that even Google Chrome will be phasing out support for the v. buggy Adobe Flash this year. Yikes? Are there any plans to migrate BBO to a more secure platform?
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Posted 2016-May-17, 01:00

If that's true then they must be replacing it with something else. They can't just
leave a vacuum.
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Posted 2016-May-17, 01:40

View PostPhilG007, on 2016-May-17, 01:00, said:

If that's true then they must be replacing it with something else. They can't just
leave a vacuum.

A replacement is available. It is called HTML5.

But it does require a software rewrite. Some parts of BBO have been done in HTML5. The rest of it sounds like a major headache.
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Posted 2016-May-17, 09:10

The article I read just said that it won't be removed, it just won't be enabled by default (except for a handful of well-known sites that still depend on it). When you go to a site that needs it, like BBO, you'll be asked if you want to enable it, and it will remember your choice.

So I don't think the end is quite nigh, but it's getting closer.

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Posted 2016-June-08, 09:13

BBO officials shoud by now understand that flash is going out and introduce a HTLM5 Version soon. Can't be that difficult.
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Posted 2016-June-08, 09:39

View Postnorbertjoo, on 2016-June-08, 09:13, said:

Can't be that difficult.

It's not as easy as you think.

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