Google Chrome decided to end support for Adobe Flash. Although we've heard it many times without seeing it happen, this time the browser will ditch Flash and use only HTML5.
Slow distancing from Flash starts in September when it comes with the upcoming Chrome 53.
The company says:
Today, more than 90% of Flash on Internet works in the background and supports services such as Analytics. This kind of Flash slows you down, and starting next September, Chrome 53 will start to block it. HTML5 is much lighter and faster. Switching publishers to this will speed up page loading and save you more duration battery life. You will see an improvement in responsiveness and efficiency on many websites.
The slow "murder" of Flash won't take long. Until the release of Chrome version 55 in December, Google plans to allow HTML5 as the only option for users Chrome, unless a site only supports Flash.
If you visit a Flash website, Google will ask you to enable it for that page. However, HTML5 will always work as the default.
Flash was good for its time, but we are in 2016…