Adobe to Linux users: Get Chrome or forget Flash
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:40:42 +0000
Computerworld - Adobe today said that it would stop offering direct downloads of Flash Player for Linux, telling users to move to Google's Chrome browser, which bundles Flash with its updates.
Adobe puts Flash out of our misery
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:55:20 +0000
Flash is dead. Well, maybe that wording is a bit strong, but Adobe's roadmap for the platform released on Wednesday officially codifies the company's plans to scale back development efforts as new web standards take Flash's place, like HTML5. As announced last year, development on mobile is officially over, as is direct development for Linux flavors of the Flash player. Adobe will focus its ...
Adobe abandons Linux
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:46:29 +0000
Adobe has announced its future plans for Flash and AIR and Linux isn't part of them. Flash will still, however, be available to Linux desktop users who use Google's Chrome Web browser.
Adobe roadmap for desktop Flash shows GPU boost, 2013 revamp
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:59:53 +0000
Adobe on Wednesday published a roadmap (PDF) giving a peek at the long-term future of Flash. Having dropped the mobile version, it's now focusing on games and video on the desktop and now agrees that HTML5 and other web standards are more suited for animation. Accordingly, the imminent 11.2 update would improve hardware graphics acceleration, multi-core video processing, and support for right ...
Adobe to focus Flash on games and "premium" video
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:53:06 +0000
Flash might not be dead, but Adobe is acting like it knows it's past its prime.
For Flash on Linux, Chrome Will Be Users' Only Choice
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:26:49 +0000
Adobe's standalone Flash Player for Linux will be discontinued after version 1.2 later this year, the company has announced.
Adobe makes Flash for Linux a Chrome exclusive
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:23:15 +0000
First, Adobe decided to kill off development of the mobile Flash plug-in. This, of course, happened less than a year after Google and Adobe took jabs at Apple because their iOS devices couldn’t render the “whole Web.” Now, Google and Adobe are at it again: they’re making Flash for Linux a Google Chrome exclusive. Yes, [...]
Adobe Outlines Future Of Flash Player And AIR
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:15:20 +0000
Adobe has been a leading player in creating tools for Web content creation for the past decade with Flash Player. With the emergence of HTML5 and other similar technologies, Adobe has to refocus their strategy on what Flash will mean …
Adobe Makes Flash on GNU/Linux Chrome-Only
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:56:45 +0000
ekimd writes "Adobe has anounced their plans to abandon future updates of their Flash player for Linux. Partnering with Google, after the release of 11.2, 'the Flash Player browser plugin for Linux will only be available via the 'Pepper' API as part of the Google Chrome browser distribution and will no longer be available as a direct download from Adobe.' Viva la HTML 5!" And it appears that ...
Adobe and Google to bring Flash Player to Linux
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:58:27 +0000
Adobe has announced that it, and Google will be partnering to bring Adobe Flash Player to Linux users. The move has been talked about in the recently released roadmap from Adobe for Flash runtimes. The duo plan to work closely together on the development of a single modern API for hosting plug-ins within a browser. [...]