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I haven't had the Adobe Flash plugin installed for several years now. I can't even remember the last time I needed to use Chrome for Flash support. My kids are

by js2 6y ago

I haven't had the Adobe Flash plugin installed for several years now. I can't even remember the last time I needed to use Chrome for Flash support. My kids are in college and I don't think they've needed Flash even for the variety of archaic sites they have to deal with.

reaperducer 6y ago
I can't even remember the last time I needed touse Chrome for Flash support. My company's spam filter service requires Flash if you're on desktop. There's a mobile version that's non-Flash, but it's feature limited. The web site of one of the larger pre-FAANG online advertising companies is all Flash. You can't even change your password without it.
- shadowgovt 6y ago
  I wonder what that company's strategy is for not being left behind.
  - AgloeDreams 6y ago
    Generally in large old companies? 'blindfolds' then 'anger' and 'lets buy something off the shelf'
    - wwright 6y ago
      My company forked Firefox and man in the middled an entire fleet of edge kiosks so they could run Flash apps over TLS 1.0 on Firefox 17 in 2018. True story
    - mr_toad 6y ago
      It’s uncanny how closely enterprise attitudes to software upgrades mimic the Kübler-Ross five stage model of grief.
- gruez 6y ago
  What’s a “spam filter service” and why does it need flash to function?
  - bradstewart 6y ago
    A thing that holds incoming emails it thinks are spam and provides a web UI (usually) allowing you to review and release messages to your actual inbox.
    - gruez 6y ago
      Isn't that typically handled in the same interface as your regular inbox? Or is this some enterprisey service that forces you to go to their website to review it?
      - bradstewart 6y ago
        Its an enterprisey service that forces you to go to their website to review it.
- bluedino 6y ago
  There are bunch of older enterprise devices that require flash, from SAN’s to switches
- naravara 6y ago
  Literally the only thing I've had to use it for in the past 3 years is the webcam stream for the kennel I board my dog at. And I'm pretty sure they threw their website together in Dreamweaver and have barely touched it since before Obama was President.
docbrown 6y ago
The online digital textbooks and homework, Cengage’s MindTap, requires flash for their statistics portion. Flash is also used for their digital textbook. I’ll assume this carries over for any type of assignment page that requires input from the user.
- snazz 6y ago
  WebAssign dropped Flash (at least for Chemistry) last year, including the fancy organic molecule input system. I haven’t seen Flash in any of the online courses I’ve taken since 2016 or so (and some of those sites are pretty archaic).
whatsmyusername 6y ago
I tend to run into it with weird places where you might also see the java web start stuff. Like banks and credit card companies.
- spear 6y ago
  Yeah, Citi's web app for managing virtual credit card numbers still uses Flash. That's the only reason I still need Flash. I haven't seen any indication that they're working on a replacement
  - whatsmyusername 6y ago
    That's the exact one I was thinking of. Citi Double Cash?

by js2 6y ago

reaperducer 6y ago

I can't even remember the last time I needed touse Chrome for Flash support. My company's spam filter service requires Flash if you're on desktop. There's a mobile version that's non-Flash, but it's feature limited. The web site of one of the larger pre-FAANG online advertising companies is all Flash. You can't even change your password without it.

shadowgovt 6y ago
I wonder what that company's strategy is for not being left behind.
- AgloeDreams 6y ago
  Generally in large old companies? 'blindfolds' then 'anger' and 'lets buy something off the shelf'
  - wwright 6y ago
    My company forked Firefox and man in the middled an entire fleet of edge kiosks so they could run Flash apps over TLS 1.0 on Firefox 17 in 2018. True story
  - mr_toad 6y ago
    It’s uncanny how closely enterprise attitudes to software upgrades mimic the Kübler-Ross five stage model of grief.
gruez 6y ago
What’s a “spam filter service” and why does it need flash to function?
- bradstewart 6y ago
  A thing that holds incoming emails it thinks are spam and provides a web UI (usually) allowing you to review and release messages to your actual inbox.
  - gruez 6y ago
    Isn't that typically handled in the same interface as your regular inbox? Or is this some enterprisey service that forces you to go to their website to review it?
    - bradstewart 6y ago
      Its an enterprisey service that forces you to go to their website to review it.
bluedino 6y ago
There are bunch of older enterprise devices that require flash, from SAN’s to switches
naravara 6y ago
Literally the only thing I've had to use it for in the past 3 years is the webcam stream for the kennel I board my dog at. And I'm pretty sure they threw their website together in Dreamweaver and have barely touched it since before Obama was President.

docbrown 6y ago

The online digital textbooks and homework, Cengage’s MindTap, requires flash for their statistics portion. Flash is also used for their digital textbook. I’ll assume this carries over for any type of assignment page that requires input from the user.

snazz 6y ago
WebAssign dropped Flash (at least for Chemistry) last year, including the fancy organic molecule input system. I haven’t seen Flash in any of the online courses I’ve taken since 2016 or so (and some of those sites are pretty archaic).

whatsmyusername 6y ago

I tend to run into it with weird places where you might also see the java web start stuff. Like banks and credit card companies.

spear 6y ago
Yeah, Citi's web app for managing virtual credit card numbers still uses Flash. That's the only reason I still need Flash. I haven't seen any indication that they're working on a replacement
- whatsmyusername 6y ago
  That's the exact one I was thinking of. Citi Double Cash?