Adobe Finally Releases Flash Player 24 for GNU/Linux Systems, Download Now

Adobe Finally Releases Flash Player 24 for GNU/Linux Systems, Download Now

Most of today's web browsers are defaulting to HTML5

Starting Firefox 47 You'll Have to Manually Enable All Plugins, Except Flash

Starting Firefox 47 You'll Have to Manually Enable All Plugins, Except Flash

From Firefox 47 onward, expected in June, all browser plugins except Flash will be "click-to-activate"

  • Linux
  • By Silviu Stahie
  • December 21st, 2015
Firefox Gets Netflix HTML5 Support with Adobe Primetime Only for Windows

Firefox Gets Netflix HTML5 Support with Adobe Primetime Only for Windows

It looks like the Linux users have been omitted

  • Linux
  • By Silviu Stahie
  • October 13th, 2015
Ubuntu Developers Talking About the Future of Firefox in the OS

Ubuntu Developers Talking About the Future of Firefox in the OS

The replacement of Firefox in Ubuntu is an option

Mozilla Will Drop All Firefox NPAPI Plugins, Except Flash

Mozilla Will Drop All Firefox NPAPI Plugins, Except Flash

But not Silverlight or Java, both similar tech

  • Linux
  • By Silviu Stahie
  • April 21st, 2015
Google Chrome 42 Disables NPAPI Plugins by Default

Google Chrome 42 Disables NPAPI Plugins by Default

Google developers are finally dropping NPAPI support

  • Linux
  • By Silviu Stahie
  • May 28th, 2014
Java Doesn't Work on Linux Google Chrome 35, Downgrade Required

Java Doesn't Work on Linux Google Chrome 35, Downgrade Required

You can download the old Google Chrome 34 version from Softpedia

Chrome Apps and Extensions Can Connect to Native Apps

Chrome Apps and Extensions Can Connect to Native Apps

As of Chrome 29, there's a new Native Messaging API, to replace the need for NPAPI plugins

Flash Will Continue to Work After the Chrome NPAPI Plugin Ban

Flash Will Continue to Work After the Chrome NPAPI Plugin Ban

The Flash in Chrome is already based on the newer PPAPI architecture

Google Starts Barring Browser Plug-ins from Chrome

Google Starts Barring Browser Plug-ins from Chrome

Starting next year, only a few popular ones will keep working, but only for a few months

Google Hides NPAPI Apps in the WebStore on Chrome OS and Windows 8

Google Hides NPAPI Apps in the WebStore on Chrome OS and Windows 8

Google recommends PPAPI and Native Client as alternatives