On Wednesday 22 Feb 2012, Daniel Llewellyn wrote:
> I figure I'll be the first to mention it:
> http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Chrome-only-future-for-Flash-on-Linu
> x-1440104.html
>
> What is your take on this development? will anyone be converting to
> Chrome from another browser because of this? it is a good/bad thing?
>
> My annoyance here is the same as my annoyance with Silverlight - video
> sites (netflix et al) are finding more and more ways to prevent access
> from our favourite OS because of the Movie/TV studio requirement for
> DRM on all streams. With flash leaving the playing field, we're losing
> the last remaining compatible solution that the studios may have
> agreed to a video site using.
I'm not worried at the moment.
1) Adobe said they will support Flash for 5 years, which I don't believe but
two years is probably more reaslistic and better than nothing.
2) Flash is on it's way out, so by the time they drop support for Flash off
Mozilla it won't matter.
3) There is plenty of time for Mozilla to pick up support for the new Google
style plug-in if it's usful for them to do.
It's one reason to avoind proprietary stuff where you have no control if they
suddenly decide (for what ever reason) to pull the plug.
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