Third-party market share statistics indicate Firefox is right now the third most popular browser on the desktop after Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.Īdobe will officially remove all download links and resources related to Flash Player next month, and the company explains that by this point, the entire world should migrate to one of the many alternatives out there. The decision obviously makes sense, especially because Firefox is currently one of the world’s leading browsers. There will be no setting to re-enable Flash support,” Mozilla explained today, via TechDows. For our users on Nightly and Beta release channels, Flash support will end on Novemand Decemrespectively. On Januwhen we release Firefox version 85, it will ship without Flash support, improving our performance and security. “Firefox version 84 will be the final version to support Flash.

In other words, Firefox 84 will be the final update that would still boast Flash Player, after which the code would just be removed once and for all. And now Mozilla is killing off support for Adobe’s software too, first in the testing builds of Firefox and then in the stable branch.įirefox 85 will be the first major version of Mozilla’s browser that will ship without Flash Player support, and this will happen on January 26.

Adobe has already announced that it plans to completely retire Flash Player in December, and the entire industry is preparing for this big moment.Īdobe’s decision was officially shared in 2017, so browser makers out there had more than three years to pave the way for a world without Flash.

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