On 11/6/2014 6:16 PM, DavidM wrote: > 1) Are folks seeing any situations where corporations are disabling Flash > plugins (e.g. out of concern for security issues) ?
We have over 60% of Fortune 500 customers and haven't had any issues with this. On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 7:55 PM, Jeffry Houser <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/6/2014 6:16 PM, DavidM wrote: > >> 1) Are folks seeing any situations where corporations are disabling Flash >> plugins (e.g. out of concern for security issues) ? >> > I have not come across that situation with any of my clients > > 2) We have read that certain browsers (e.g. IE 10) have prevented users >> from >> upgrading Flash. Is this correct? If so, what is the minimal recommended >> Flash Player version (our last release targeted 11.3) ? >> > > I am unsure on this one. > > Chrome integrates with Flash using the Pepper API which is a new plugin > architecture. As such, I do not believe the user can upgrade the version; > it has to come from Google. > > I believe that the "IE Metro" version does not allow for plugins, but it > has flash built in, so is "plugin free". Any updates to this have to come > from Microsoft. The desktop version of IE supports plugins as usual. > > > [Others answered question 3and 4 better than I would have] > > >> 5) Are we insane to be thinking about building a new application in Flex >> today? >> > > It sounds like you are in the sweet spot where Flex still makes sense. > You don't care about running in mobile browsers; and have a lot of in-house > skill on the platform. I'd say go for it. > > > -- > Jeffry Houser > Technical Entrepreneur > http://www.jeffryhouser.com > 203-379-0773 > >
