Re: Update on Adobe Flash Player End of Support from Microsoft today

2020-09-07 Thread Greg Dove
> Microsoft didn't actually bundle or package the Flash Player with their > browsers. I'm sorry, but I don't think the above statement is correct, Nick. Microsoft has had a custom flash player build for some time now. It was many years ago a separate activex plugin from Adobe, but my

Re: Update on Adobe Flash Player End of Support from Microsoft today

2020-09-06 Thread Nicholas Kwiatkowski
Remember, unlike Firefox and Chrome, Microsoft didn't actually bundle or package the Flash Player with their browsers. They relied on the desktop-installed Flash Player plugin. So, it may be true that it will continue to run (they won't stop it), but the Flash Player won't get any more bug or

Re: Update on Adobe Flash Player End of Support from Microsoft today

2020-09-04 Thread Greg Dove
Yes this gives some 'hope' :) But it is difficult to be sure. It does seem to contradict one statement in this page: https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html 'Flash-based content will be blocked from running in Adobe Flash Player after the EOL Date' Are there any Adobe

Re: Update on Adobe Flash Player End of Support from Microsoft today

2020-09-04 Thread Flex Developer
Yes... i also thought all browsers will stop running flash. But this article seems to suggest that Microsoft will still support Flash player in IE11 post DEC 2020. I also could not get clearly interpret this blog post if this is the case. Regards, Shyam On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 5:27 PM Greg Dove

Re: Update on Adobe Flash Player End of Support from Microsoft today

2020-09-04 Thread Greg Dove
That's interesting, it does sound like it might continue to be 'available' in terms of 'function' after 2020 for player versions since June this year, but disabled by default and not 'supported'in the old Edge and in IE11. That interpretation is actually 'better' than I had understood it to be in