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Google Chrome's plan to kill Flash kicks into high gear

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Google is getting serious about ending the reign of Adobe Flash (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2977084/security/google-to-freeze-some-adobe-flash-content-on-sept-1.html) on the web.</p><p>
The company recently detailed a timeline for bringing Flash on Chrome to an end (http://chrome.googleblog.com/2016/08/flash-and-chrome.html)—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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