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1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 17-Oct-2020 00:49:42 EDT lnxw48a1
   Isn't it time for #Chrome / #Chromium based browsers to remove #Flash? Adobe plans to end it in two and a half months.
   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 17-Oct-2020 00:53:44 EDT lnxw48a1

      in reply to
      https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html
      
      "... Adobe will stop distributing and updating Flash Player after December 31, 2020 (“EOL Date”). ..."
      
      "... Adobe will be removing Flash Player download pages from its site and Flash-based content will be blocked from running in Adobe Flash Player after the EOL Date. ..."
   2. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 17-Oct-2020 00:57:20 EDT lnxw48a1

      in reply to
      If Laszlo Systems / #OpenLaszlo was still around, they'd be hit hard by the end of #Flash. But they aren't. https://www.openlaszlo.org/
      1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 17-Oct-2020 09:21:09 EDT GeniusMusing

         in reply to
         @lnxw48a1
         >OpenLaszlo is the only rich internet platform that lets you write once and compile to both flash and DHTML.
         
         IIRC it was a pain to get a good, working DHTML output but you could do some really cool things with it.