Google Chrome's plan to kill Flash kicks into high gear<article>
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Google is getting serious about
ending the reign of Adobe Flash on the web.</p><p>
The company recently detailed a
timeline for bringing Flash on Chrome to an end—kind of. Even in these late stages of Flash’s life on the web you still can’t kill it off entirely. Instead, Google says it will “de-emphasize” Flash to the point where it’s almost never used except when absolutely necessary.</p><h2>Behind the scenes</h2>
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The first major change to Flash on Chrome will land in September with Chrome 53, when Google plans to block all page analytics that rely on Flash. Instead of seeing a visual element, Flash-based analytics happen entirely behind-the-scenes and load in the background. Even so, it’s still Flash usage as far as your computer’s concerned. Once Chrome starts blocking background-loading Flash, Google says it will save you more battery life, as well as bring faster page loads and improve site responsiveness.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3106007/software/google-chromes-plan-to-kill-flash-kicks-into-high-gear.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Google Chrome's plan to kill Flash kicks into high gear
