This meant that loading times for games and other software that needed Flash to run were shorter. There are a number of reasons that Flash Player was so popular, one being that flash files were very small. It works by running content from SWF files, which is an Adobe specific file format for multimedia and animations. The software is a runtime, or a system that describes the library that coding language runs on. At one point, the software was required to run most interactive applications on the internet. In its prime, Flash Player was a must-have. Outdated, unsafe software has met its end-of-life I checked my MS Edge (Chromium) version yesterday at Settings | About Microsoft Edge and was automatically updated from v87.0.664.75 to v88.0.705.50.Software to view multimedia has long been surpassed by competitors Starting with Microsoft Edge Beta version 88, Adobe Flash capability and support will be removed.” I don’t use Google Chrome but the BleepingComputer article Google Chrome 88 Released: RIP Flash Player and FTP Support also notes that the Adobe Flash Player has been removed from the stable release of Google Chrome v.96 (released 1) so I assume this change applies to all browsers based on Chromium v88. The stable release of MS Edge (Chromium) v88.0.705.50 was released on 2 and the release notes at state “ Adobe Flash support will be removed.

If this information is of any use, in Beta Chromium Edge | Settings | Cookies and Site Permissions, Adobe Flash Player is not in the list. Coupled with the question above is another one, having to do with Flash Player inside my browsers (Firefox, Legacy Edge, and Beta Edge):

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