[Mozilla Enterprise] Antw: Re: Adobe Flash

[Paul Kosinski]

Ironically, if Adobe had pulled the plug on Flash more quickly, then 
organizations that used it would have been forced to convert to HTML5
*before* they had more important things to worry about (i.e., COVID).


On Mon, 18 Jan 2021 09:32:24 +0100
"Falk Ebermann" <FEbermann at wismar.de> wrote:

> Some customer have devices or solutions, where no technology upgrade is
> available.
> Use of flashplayer is possible with configuration in mms.cfg.
> Look at:
> 
> https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/78589
> 
> Regards Falk Ebermann
> >>> Timo Pietilä <timo.pietila at helsinki.fi> 18.01.2021 09:11 >>>  
> This flash shutdown has been comin literally years far longer than
> covid 
> has been around. At some point you just have to pull the plug and shame
> 
> those that have not updated their systems to use other methods. I'd say
> 
> that Adobe has been patient in this case, some other company would have
> 
> done that in just few months.
> 
> Timo Pietilä
> 
> On 16.1.2021 21.22, Paul Kosinski via Enterprise wrote:
> > "This deprecation [of Flash] has been coming for many years, so no  
> one
> > should be surprised."
> > 
> > Has Adobe (or Mozilla) investigated the impact of the forcible  
> shutdown
> > of Flash on those who must work or study from home? Most  
> organizations
> > have had to make *far* more significant adjustments to their  
> policies
> > and practices (than merely extending the life of some piece of
> > software) due to the COVID pandemic.
> > 
> > P.S. The Flash shutdown does not directly affect me, but a niece is
> > doing remote learning. One physics exercise last year needed Flash
> > (which I was able to provide by giving her temporary remote VNC  
> access
> > to a machine I had that could still run Flash).
> > 
> >   
> >> From: Enterprise <enterprise-bounces at mozilla.org> On Behalf Of Mike  
> Kaply
> >> Sent: Monday, January 4, 2021 7:04 AM
> >> To: Paul Kosinski <mozilla at iment.com>
> >> Cc: Mozilla.org <enterprise at mozilla.org>
> >> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] Fwd: Suggestions for  
> hiding the horizontal bars at the top of the browser?
> >>
> >>
> >> If you need to continue using Flash, you can use the ESR until  
> October 2020 and make some changes in the Flash configuration.
> >>
> >> This deprecation has been coming for many years, so no one should be  
> surprised.
> >>
> >> Mike Kaply  
>