Ironically, if Adobe had pulled the plug on Flash more quickly, then organizations that used it would have been forced to convert to HTML5 *before* they had more important things to worry about (i.e., COVID).
On Mon, 18 Jan 2021 09:32:24 +0100 "Falk Ebermann" <feberm...@wismar.de> wrote: > Some customer have devices or solutions, where no technology upgrade is > available. > Use of flashplayer is possible with configuration in mms.cfg. > Look at: > > https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/78589 > > Regards Falk Ebermann > >>> Timo Pietilä <timo.piet...@helsinki.fi> 18.01.2021 09:11 >>> > This flash shutdown has been comin literally years far longer than > covid > has been around. At some point you just have to pull the plug and shame > > those that have not updated their systems to use other methods. I'd say > > that Adobe has been patient in this case, some other company would have > > done that in just few months. > > Timo Pietilä > > On 16.1.2021 21.22, Paul Kosinski via Enterprise wrote: > > "This deprecation [of Flash] has been coming for many years, so no > one > > should be surprised." > > > > Has Adobe (or Mozilla) investigated the impact of the forcible > shutdown > > of Flash on those who must work or study from home? Most > organizations > > have had to make *far* more significant adjustments to their > policies > > and practices (than merely extending the life of some piece of > > software) due to the COVID pandemic. > > > > P.S. The Flash shutdown does not directly affect me, but a niece is > > doing remote learning. One physics exercise last year needed Flash > > (which I was able to provide by giving her temporary remote VNC > access > > to a machine I had that could still run Flash). > > > > > >> From: Enterprise <enterprise-boun...@mozilla.org> On Behalf Of Mike > Kaply > >> Sent: Monday, January 4, 2021 7:04 AM > >> To: Paul Kosinski <mozi...@iment.com> > >> Cc: Mozilla.org <enterprise@mozilla.org> > >> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] Fwd: Suggestions for > hiding the horizontal bars at the top of the browser? > >> > >> > >> If you need to continue using Flash, you can use the ESR until > October 2020 and make some changes in the Flash configuration. > >> > >> This deprecation has been coming for many years, so no one should be > surprised. > >> > >> Mike Kaply > _______________________________________________ Enterprise mailing list Enterprise@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise To unsubscribe from this list, please visit https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise or send an email to enterprise-requ...@mozilla.org with a subject of "unsubscribe"
