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For questions on Adobe's discontinued cross-platform multimedia runtime used to embed animations, video, and interactive applications into web pages. For questions related to memory, use the tag [flash-memory].

Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash) is a discontinued cross-platform multimedia runtime used to embed animations, video, and interactive applications into web pages. It has reached the EOL on December 31st, 2020, and Flash content has been fully blocked displaying a static information icon on January 12th, 2021.

According to Adobe, Flash delivered over 75% of online video and the majority of casual gaming in 2010. It was installed on an estimated 99% of internet-connected desktop computers in that year and has been available for Android 2.2 mobile devices since version 10.1, although Flash for Android is no longer updated by Adobe in favor of HTML5 and native applications.

Versions

Google Chrome contains a special version of the Flash Player plugin targeting the Pepper API.

The final stable version of Flash Player for Windows and Mac is 32.0. (version history)

Adobe has annouunced the discontinuation of Flash on July 2017. Flash is no longer available on December 31st, 2020, about three and a half years after the announcement, and all Flash content has been blocked on July 12th, 2021. Third-party projects which emulate Flash are actively being developed, such as Ruffle.

Flash Death information logo

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Flash CS4 refuses to let go

I have a Flash project, and it has many source files. I have a fairly heavily-used class, call it Jenine. I recently (and, perhaps, callously) relocated Jenine from one namespace to another. I thought we were ready - I thought it was time. The new…
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How to embed a video into GitHub README.md?

Is it possible to embed a flash video into README.md on GitHub? It isn't showing up: https://github.com/mattdipasquale/PicSciP
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Best way to determine user's locale within browser

I have a website (Flash) localized into a dozen of languages and I want to auto-define a default value depending on the user's browser settings in order to minimize the steps to access the content. FYI, I cannot use server-scripts due to proxy…
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How to embed a SWF file in an HTML page?

How do you embed a SWF file in an HTML page?
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How can HTML5 "replace" Flash?

A topic of debate that's seen a resurgence since the unveiling of the iPad is the issue of Flash versus HTML5. There are those that suggest that HTML5 will one day supplant/replace Adobe Flash. I do not develop software that runs in a browser, so…
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HTML5 Local Storage fallback solutions

I'm looking for javascript libraries and code that can simulate localStorage on browsers that do not have native support. Basically, I'd like to code my site using localStorage to store data and know that it will still work on browsers that don't…
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HTML 5

IMPORTANT UPDATE This question was made over 9 years ago. It made sense then, it doesn't make it now. Flash is hard on its way out;
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Cross Browser Flash Detection in Javascript

Does anyone have an example of script that can work reliably well across IE/Firefox to detect if the browser is capable of displaying embedded flash content. I say reliably because I know its not possible 100% of the time.
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How to detect when a youtube video finishes playing?

I am working on a site that has a ton of embedded youtube videos, the client wants to show a popup whenever a video stops splaying. I looked at the youtube api and there seems to be a way to detect when a video…
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How do you decompile a swf file

I am the maintainer of a site that has allegedly 'lost' the source code to a flash swf file. How do I decompile this source? Are there any programs online or offline that I could use?
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Download files like mega.co.nz

Today I checked mega.co.nz and I'm excited about some features. For example in download page it will download files on browser and after that decrypt them with javascript. for example see this link to download a png file…
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How can I detect if Flash is installed and if not, display a hidden div that informs the user?

How can I use javascript/jQuery/etc to detect if Flash is installed and if it isn't, display a div that contains information informing the user that they need to install flash?
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What is Adobe Flex? Is it just Flash II?

Question Alright, I'm confused by all the buzzwords and press release bingo going on. What is the relationship between flash and flex: Replace flash (not really compatible) Enhance flash The next version of flash but still basically…
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How to embed fonts in HTML?

I'm trying to figure out a decent solution (especially from the SEO side) for embedding fonts in web pages. So far I have seen the W3C solution, which doesn't even work on Firefox, and this pretty cool solution. The second solution is for titles…
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Can someone post a well formed crossdomain.xml sample?

I've been reading that Adobe has made crossdomain.xml stricter in flash 9-10 and I'm wondering of someone can paste me a copy of one that they know works. Having some trouble finding a recent sample on Adobe's site.
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