Slashdot: Adobe Makes Flash on GNU/Linux Chrome-Only

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kamaji

Just saw this article. Anybody want to take a guess what this means for the future of Flash on FreeBSD? (Until Flash finally becomes irrelevant, that is.)
 
I read someone else who thinks this plugin will be available to other browsers should they choose to use it. Don't know but this is another reason to put a nail in the Flash coffin since Adobe is controlling who gets it.

Note that the older player will still be available which makes me believe Adobe themselves are moving on from Flash. They've already stated they are developing tools for HTML5 and this might just be their move to help eliminate it themselves. And that's a good thing.
 
The Flash plugin won't be 'Chrome only', it'll be PPAPI-only. Any browser that implements the Pepper Plugin API will be able to use this version of the Flash plugin.

Unfortunately, Mozilla devs have thus far said they will not implement PPAPI and will stick with NPAPI.

No idea about the other browsers.
 
So what? 11.2 for Linux (the last standard release) will get 5 years of support. In 5 years, it will be all about HTML5. Unless you need some new features from releases beyond 11.2, it doesn't matter.
 
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