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Upcoming Chrome Update Will Suspend Flash Ads By Default
With the steady adoption of newer web technologies by browser vendors, Adobe Flash is inching ever closer to its electronic demise. Come 1 September, Google will be giving it a little push, when Chrome will start pausing Flash-based advertisements by default.
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Why It’s Time To Stop Using Flash
In another example of how good Steve Jobs was in picking technology losers and winners, in 2010 he listed all of the reasons why the world needed to move on from using Flash. At the time, Jobs was explaining why the iPhone and iPad would not support Flash but it is clear that if he…
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Make Firefox Less Likely To Crash Or Freeze From Flash Content
Adobe’s Flash plug-in has grown more robust over time, but it’s still one of the major causes of instability in Firefox. You could always avoid sites containing Flash content, but that’s not exactly practical. Instead, you can try and minimise where things can go wrong by tweaking your browser’s settings and performing maintenance on your…
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Enable Tab Notifications In Chrome And Stop Being Surprised By Auto-Playing Ads
It’s fortunate that modern browsers allow you to enable a “click to play” feature for media plug-ins such as Flash. Being a serial tab-opener, I have this feature active so audio from an auto-playing ad doesn’t scary the heck out of me, but I could make do simply knowing which tab is producing the noise…