

Without it, many videos and games cannot be displayed in the browser. No additional installation is necessary for Google Chrome which includes its own edition maintained by Google.Īdobe Flash Player is still an essential part of today's web browsing experience. One, called Adobe Flash Player ActiveX, is only for the use within Microsoft Internet Explorer, while the other, Adobe Flash Player Plugin (this one here), is for the use in other browsers such as Mozilla Firefox. On Windows, there are two separately available editions of Adobe Flash Player. It is not available within the browser on Apple's iOS mobile devices (iPhone, iPad), where Apple disallows it citing security and stability reasons. Flash Player is often used to display videos, games, and advertisements.Īdobe Flash Player Plugin is available for many platforms and browsers, including Windows, MacOS X, Linux, and several mobile device operating systems such as Android. It was initially developed by Macromedia, which was purchased by Adobe in 2005.

This is an investment and prioritization choice, not a technical limitation. All modern browsers provide the capabilities necessary to do this in JavaScript.

Locking this topic as it's no longer relavant.įor completeness, Adobe announced Flash Player's end-of-life in July 2017 giving content creators, programmers, developers, IT experts, etc over 3 years remove Flash Player dependencies from their products. This post is from one year ago and no longer relavant as Flash Player reached end-of-life at the end of 2020 and Flash Player is no longer available for download.
