<s>
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
(	O
known	O
in	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
,	O
Firefox	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
as	O
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
)	O
is	O
computer	O
software	O
for	O
viewing	O
multimedia	O
contents	O
,	O
executing	O
rich	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
applications	I-Application
,	O
and	O
streaming	O
audio	O
and	O
video	O
content	O
created	O
on	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
platform	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
run	O
from	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
as	O
a	O
browser	B-Protocol
plug-in	I-Protocol
or	O
independently	O
on	O
supported	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
created	O
by	O
FutureWave	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
FutureSplash	B-Operating_System
Player	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
after	O
Macromedia	O
acquired	O
FutureWave	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
then	O
developed	O
and	O
distributed	O
by	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
as	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
after	O
Adobe	O
acquired	O
Macromedia	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
runs	O
SWF	O
files	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
created	O
by	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Professional	I-Operating_System
,	O
Adobe	B-Application
Flash	I-Application
Builder	I-Application
or	O
by	O
third-party	O
tools	O
such	O
as	O
FlashDevelop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
supports	O
vector	O
graphics	O
,	O
3D	O
graphics	O
,	O
embedded	O
audio	O
,	O
video	O
and	O
raster	B-Algorithm
graphics	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
a	O
scripting	O
language	O
called	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
ECMAScript	B-Language
(	O
similar	O
to	O
JavaScript	B-Language
)	O
and	O
supports	O
object-oriented	B-Language
code	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
11	I-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Edge	I-Application
Legacy	O
,	O
in	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
and	O
later	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
on	O
all	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
came	O
bundled	O
with	O
a	O
sandboxed	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
plug-in	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
once	O
had	O
a	O
large	O
user	O
base	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
a	O
common	O
format	O
for	O
web	B-Protocol
games	I-Protocol
,	O
animations	O
,	O
and	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
GUI	B-Application
)	O
elements	O
embedded	O
in	O
web	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
stated	O
in	O
2013	O
that	O
more	O
than	O
400	O
million	O
out	O
of	O
over	O
1	O
billion	O
connected	O
desktops	O
updated	O
to	O
new	O
versions	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
within	O
six	O
weeks	O
of	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
became	O
increasingly	O
criticized	O
for	O
its	O
performance	O
,	O
consumption	O
of	O
battery	O
on	O
mobile	O
devices	O
,	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
security	O
vulnerabilities	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
discovered	O
in	O
the	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
closed	B-Application
platform	I-Application
nature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
co-founder	O
Steve	O
Jobs	O
was	O
highly	O
critical	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
,	O
having	O
published	O
an	O
open	O
letter	O
detailing	O
Apple	O
's	O
reasoning	O
for	O
not	O
supporting	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
on	O
its	O
iOS	B-Application
device	O
family	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
usage	O
also	O
waned	O
because	O
of	O
modern	O
web	O
standards	O
that	O
allow	O
some	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
's	O
use	O
cases	O
to	O
be	O
fulfilled	O
without	O
third-party	O
plugins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
was	O
officially	O
discontinued	O
on	O
31	O
December	O
2020	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
download	O
page	O
was	O
removed	O
two	O
days	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
12	O
January	O
2021	O
,	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
(	O
original	O
global	O
variants	O
)	O
versions	O
newer	O
than	O
32.0.0.371	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
2020	O
,	O
refuse	O
to	O
play	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
content	O
and	O
instead	O
display	O
a	O
static	O
warning	O
message	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
runtime	O
that	O
executes	O
and	O
displays	O
content	O
from	O
a	O
provided	O
SWF	O
file	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
has	O
no	O
in-built	O
features	O
to	O
modify	O
the	O
SWF	O
file	O
at	O
runtime	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
execute	O
software	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
programming	O
language	O
which	O
enables	O
the	O
runtime	O
manipulation	O
of	O
text	B-General_Concept
,	O
data	O
,	O
vector	O
graphics	O
,	O
raster	B-Algorithm
graphics	I-Algorithm
,	O
sound	O
,	O
and	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
also	O
access	O
certain	O
connected	O
hardware	O
devices	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
web	B-Protocol
cameras	I-Protocol
and	O
microphones	B-Application
,	O
after	O
permission	O
for	O
the	O
same	O
has	O
been	O
granted	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
was	O
used	O
internally	O
by	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Integrated	I-Operating_System
Runtime	I-Operating_System
(	O
AIR	O
)	O
,	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
cross-platform	O
runtime	B-Device
environment	I-Device
for	O
desktop	B-Application
applications	I-Application
and	O
mobile	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AIR	O
supports	O
installable	O
applications	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
some	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
such	O
as	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
applications	O
must	O
specifically	O
be	O
built	O
for	O
the	O
AIR	O
runtime	O
to	O
use	O
additional	O
features	O
provided	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
file	O
system	O
integration	O
,	O
native	O
client	O
extensions	O
,	O
native	O
window/screen	O
integration	O
,	O
taskbar/dock	O
integration	O
,	O
and	O
hardware	O
integration	O
with	O
connected	O
Accelerometer	O
and	O
GPS	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
included	O
native	O
support	O
for	O
many	O
data	O
formats	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
which	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
accessed	O
through	O
the	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
scripting	O
interface	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
XML	B-Protocol
:	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
has	O
included	O
native	O
support	O
for	O
XML	B-Protocol
parsing	B-Language
and	O
generation	O
since	O
version	O
8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XML	B-Protocol
data	O
is	O
held	O
in	O
memory	O
as	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
Document	I-Protocol
Object	O
Model	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
manipulated	O
using	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
3	O
also	O
supports	O
ECMAScript	B-Language
for	I-Language
XML	I-Language
(	O
E4X	B-Language
)	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
XML	B-Protocol
data	O
to	O
be	O
manipulated	O
more	O
easily	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JSON	B-General_Concept
:	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
11	B-Application
includes	O
native	O
support	O
for	O
importing	O
and	O
exporting	O
data	O
in	O
the	O
JavaScript	B-General_Concept
Object	I-General_Concept
Notation	I-General_Concept
(	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
)	O
format	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
interoperability	O
with	O
web	O
services	O
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AMF	B-Protocol
:	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
allows	O
application	O
data	O
to	O
be	O
stored	O
on	O
users	O
computers	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
Local	B-Operating_System
Shared	I-Operating_System
Objects	I-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
equivalent	O
to	O
browser	B-Application
cookies	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
can	O
also	O
natively	B-Language
read	O
and	O
write	O
files	O
in	O
the	O
Action	B-Protocol
Message	I-Protocol
Format	I-Protocol
,	O
the	O
default	O
data	O
format	O
for	O
Local	B-Operating_System
Shared	I-Operating_System
Objects	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
AMF	B-Protocol
format	O
specification	O
is	O
published	O
,	O
data	O
can	O
be	O
transferred	O
to	O
and	O
from	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
applications	O
using	O
AMF	B-Protocol
datasets	O
instead	O
of	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
or	O
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
reducing	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
parsing	B-Language
and	O
validating	O
such	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SWF	O
:	O
The	O
specification	O
for	O
the	O
SWF	O
file	O
format	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Adobe	O
,	O
enabling	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
SWX	O
Format	O
project	O
,	O
which	O
used	O
the	O
SWF	O
file	O
format	O
and	O
AMF	B-Protocol
as	O
a	O
means	O
for	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
applications	O
to	O
exchange	O
data	O
with	O
server	O
side	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SWX	O
system	O
stores	O
data	O
as	O
standard	O
SWF	O
bytecode	O
which	O
is	O
automatically	O
interpreted	O
by	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
open-source	B-Application
project	O
,	O
SWXml	O
allows	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
applications	O
to	O
load	O
XML	B-Protocol
files	O
as	O
native	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
objects	O
without	O
any	O
client-side	O
XML	B-Protocol
parsing	B-Language
,	O
by	O
converting	O
XML	B-Protocol
files	O
to	O
SWF/AMF	O
on	O
the	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
is	O
primarily	O
a	O
graphics	O
and	O
multimedia	O
platform	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
supported	O
raster	B-Algorithm
graphics	I-Algorithm
and	O
vector	O
graphics	O
since	O
its	O
earliest	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
the	O
following	O
different	O
multimedia	O
formats	O
which	O
it	O
can	O
natively	B-Language
decode	B-Language
and	O
play	O
back	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MP3	B-Application
:	O
Support	O
for	O
decoding	O
and	O
playback	O
of	O
streaming	O
MPEG-2	B-Application
Audio	I-Application
Layer	I-Application
III	I-Application
(	O
MP3	B-Application
)	O
audio	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MP3	B-Application
files	I-Application
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
and	O
played	O
back	O
from	O
a	O
server	O
via	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
,	O
or	O
embedded	O
inside	O
an	O
SWF	O
file	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
streaming	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FLV	B-Operating_System
:	O
Support	O
for	O
decoding	O
and	O
playing	O
back	O
video	O
and	O
audio	O
inside	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Video	I-Operating_System
(	O
FLV	B-Operating_System
and	O
F4V	B-Operating_System
)	O
files	O
,	O
a	O
format	O
developed	O
by	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
and	O
Macromedia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Video	I-Operating_System
is	O
only	O
a	O
container	O
format	O
and	O
supports	O
multiple	O
different	O
video	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
,	O
such	O
as	O
Sorenson	O
Spark	O
,	O
VP6	B-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
more	O
recently	O
H.264	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
uses	O
hardware	B-General_Concept
acceleration	I-General_Concept
to	O
display	O
video	O
where	O
present	O
,	O
using	O
technologies	O
such	O
as	O
DirectX	B-General_Concept
Video	I-General_Concept
Acceleration	I-General_Concept
and	O
OpenGL	B-Application
to	O
do	O
so	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Video	I-Operating_System
is	O
used	O
by	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
,	O
Hulu	B-Application
,	O
Yahoo	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
FLV	B-Operating_System
files	I-Operating_System
can	O
be	O
played	O
back	O
from	O
a	O
server	O
using	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
progressive	O
download	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
embedded	O
inside	O
an	O
SWF	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Video	I-Operating_System
can	O
also	O
be	O
streamed	O
via	O
RTMP	B-Operating_System
using	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Media	I-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
or	O
other	O
such	O
server-side	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
11	B-Application
can	O
also	O
encode	O
a	O
PNG	O
bitmap	O
via	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
10	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
JPEG-XR	B-Device
advanced	O
image	O
compression	O
standard	O
developed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
Corporation	O
,	O
which	O
results	O
in	O
better	O
compression	O
and	O
quality	O
than	O
JPEG	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JPEG-XR	B-Device
enables	O
lossy	B-Algorithm
and	O
lossless	B-Algorithm
compression	I-Algorithm
with	O
or	O
without	O
alpha	B-Algorithm
channel	I-Algorithm
transparency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
11	B-Application
can	O
also	O
encode	O
a	O
JPEG	O
or	O
JPEG-XR	B-Device
bitmap	O
via	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
HTTP:	O
Support	O
for	O
communicating	O
with	O
web	B-Application
servers	I-Application
using	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
requests	I-Protocol
and	O
POST	B-Protocol
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
only	O
websites	O
that	O
explicitly	O
allow	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
to	O
connect	O
to	O
them	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
via	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
or	O
sockets	B-Protocol
,	O
to	O
prevent	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
being	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
cross-site	B-Protocol
request	I-Protocol
forgery	I-Protocol
,	O
cross-site	O
scripting	O
,	O
DNS	B-Protocol
rebinding	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
denial-of-service	O
attacks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Websites	O
must	O
host	O
a	O
certain	O
XML	B-Protocol
file	O
termed	O
a	O
cross	O
domain	O
policy	O
,	O
allowing	O
or	O
denying	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
content	O
from	O
specific	O
websites	O
to	O
connect	O
to	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Certain	O
websites	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Digg	B-Application
,	O
Flickr	B-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
Photobucket	B-Algorithm
already	O
host	O
a	O
cross	O
domain	O
policy	O
that	O
permits	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
content	O
to	O
access	O
their	O
website	O
via	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
.	I-Protocol
</s>
<s>
RTMP	B-Operating_System
:	O
Support	O
for	O
live	O
audio	O
and	O
video	O
streaming	O
using	O
the	O
Real	B-Operating_System
Time	I-Operating_System
Messaging	I-Operating_System
Protocol	I-Operating_System
(	O
RTMP	B-Operating_System
)	O
developed	O
by	O
Macromedia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RTMP	B-Operating_System
supports	O
a	O
non-encrypted	O
version	O
over	O
the	O
Transmission	B-Protocol
Control	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
TCP	O
)	O
or	O
an	O
encrypted	O
version	O
over	O
a	O
secure	O
Transport	B-Protocol
Layer	I-Protocol
Security	I-Protocol
(	O
SSL	O
)	O
connection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RTMPT	B-Operating_System
can	O
also	O
be	O
encapsulated	B-Protocol
within	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
requests	I-Protocol
to	O
traverse	O
firewalls	B-Application
that	O
only	O
allow	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
traffic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TCP	O
:	O
Support	O
for	O
Transmission	B-Protocol
Control	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
TCP	O
)	O
Internet	B-Protocol
socket	I-Protocol
communication	O
to	O
communicate	O
with	O
any	O
type	O
of	O
server	O
,	O
using	O
stream	O
sockets	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sockets	B-Protocol
can	O
be	O
used	O
only	O
via	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
can	O
transfer	O
plain	O
text	B-General_Concept
,	O
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
or	O
binary	O
data	O
(	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
3.0	O
and	O
later	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
prevent	O
security	O
issues	O
,	O
web	B-Application
servers	I-Application
that	O
permit	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
content	O
to	O
communicate	O
with	O
them	O
using	O
sockets	B-Protocol
must	O
host	O
an	O
XML-based	O
cross	O
domain	O
policy	O
file	O
,	O
served	O
on	O
Port	B-Protocol
843	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sockets	B-Protocol
enable	O
AS3	O
programs	O
to	O
interface	B-Application
with	O
any	O
kind	O
of	O
server	O
software	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
MySQL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
version	O
10	O
of	O
the	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
player	I-Operating_System
,	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
support	O
for	O
GPU	B-Architecture
acceleration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
10	O
added	O
a	O
limited	O
form	O
of	O
support	O
for	O
shaders	O
on	O
materials	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
the	O
Pixel	B-General_Concept
Bender	I-General_Concept
API	O
,	O
but	O
still	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
GPU-accelerated	O
3D	O
vertex	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
significant	O
change	O
came	O
in	O
version	O
11	B-Application
,	O
which	O
added	O
a	O
new	O
low-level	O
API	O
called	O
Stage3D	B-Operating_System
(	O
initially	O
codenamed	O
Molehill	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
provides	O
full	O
GPU	B-Architecture
acceleration	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
WebGL	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
The	O
partial	O
support	O
for	O
GPU	B-Architecture
acceleration	O
in	O
Pixel	B-General_Concept
Bender	I-General_Concept
was	O
completely	O
removed	O
in	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
11.8	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
the	O
disruption	O
of	O
some	O
projects	O
like	O
MIT	O
's	O
Scratch	B-Language
,	O
which	O
lacked	O
the	O
manpower	O
to	O
recode	O
their	O
applications	O
quickly	O
enough	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Current	O
versions	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
are	O
optimized	O
to	O
use	O
hardware	B-General_Concept
acceleration	I-General_Concept
for	O
video	O
playback	O
and	O
3D	O
graphics	O
rendering	O
on	O
many	O
devices	O
,	O
including	O
desktop	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Performance	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
HTML5	B-Application
video	O
playback	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
has	O
been	O
used	O
on	O
multiple	O
mobile	O
devices	O
as	O
a	O
primary	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
renderer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
code	O
written	O
in	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
3	O
executes	O
up	O
to	O
10	O
times	O
faster	O
than	O
the	O
prior	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
2	O
,	O
the	O
Adobe	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
3	O
compiler	O
is	O
a	O
non-optimizing	O
compiler	O
,	O
and	O
produces	O
inefficient	O
bytecode	O
in	O
the	O
resulting	O
SWF	O
,	O
when	O
compared	O
to	O
toolkits	O
such	O
as	O
CrossBridge	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
CrossBridge	B-Language
,	O
a	O
toolkit	O
that	O
targets	O
C++	B-Language
code	I-Language
to	O
run	O
within	O
the	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
,	O
uses	O
the	O
LLVM	B-Application
compiler	O
to	O
produce	O
bytecode	O
that	O
runs	O
up	O
to	O
10	O
times	O
faster	O
than	O
code	O
the	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
3	O
compiler	O
produces	O
,	O
only	O
because	O
the	O
LLVM	B-Application
compiler	O
uses	O
more	O
aggressive	O
optimization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
has	O
released	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
Compiler	O
2	O
(	O
ASC2	O
)	O
in	O
Flex	B-Operating_System
4.7	O
and	O
onwards	O
,	O
which	O
improves	O
compilation	O
times	O
and	O
optimizes	O
the	O
generated	O
bytecode	O
and	O
supports	O
method	O
inlining	O
,	O
improving	O
its	O
performance	O
at	O
runtime	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
Haxe	B-Language
multiplatform	O
language	O
can	O
build	O
programs	O
for	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
that	O
perform	O
faster	O
than	O
the	O
same	O
application	O
built	O
with	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flex	I-Operating_System
SDK	B-Application
compiler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
applications	O
and	O
games	O
can	O
be	O
built	O
in	O
two	O
significantly	O
different	O
methods	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Flex	B-Operating_System
"	O
applications	O
:	O
The	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flex	I-Operating_System
Framework	I-Operating_System
is	O
an	O
integrated	O
collection	O
of	O
stylable	O
Graphical	B-Application
User	I-Application
Interface	I-Application
,	O
data	O
manipulation	O
and	O
networking	O
components	O
,	O
and	O
applications	O
built	O
upon	O
it	O
are	O
termed	O
"	O
Flex	B-Operating_System
"	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Startup	O
time	O
is	O
reduced	O
since	O
the	O
Flex	B-Operating_System
framework	O
must	O
be	O
downloaded	O
before	O
the	O
application	O
begins	O
,	O
and	O
weighs	O
in	O
at	O
approximately	O
500KB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Editors	O
include	O
Adobe	B-Application
Flash	I-Application
Builder	I-Application
and	O
FlashDevelop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Pure	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
"	O
applications	O
:	O
Applications	O
built	O
without	O
the	O
Flex	B-Operating_System
framework	O
allow	O
greater	O
flexibility	O
and	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Video	O
games	O
built	O
for	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
are	O
typically	O
pure-Actionscript	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
open-source	B-Application
component	O
frameworks	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
pure	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
projects	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
MadComponents	O
,	O
that	O
provide	O
UI	B-Application
Components	O
at	O
significantly	O
smaller	O
SWF	O
file	O
sizes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
both	O
methods	O
,	O
developers	O
can	O
access	O
the	O
full	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
set	O
of	O
functions	O
,	O
including	O
text	B-General_Concept
,	O
vector	O
graphics	O
,	O
bitmap	B-Algorithm
graphics	I-Algorithm
,	O
video	O
,	O
audio	O
,	O
camera	O
,	O
microphone	B-Application
,	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
provides	O
five	O
ways	O
of	O
developing	O
applications	O
for	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
:	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
offers	O
the	O
free	O
Adobe	O
Gaming	O
SDK	B-Application
,	O
consisting	O
(	O
)	O
of	O
several	O
open-source	B-Application
AS3	O
libraries	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
Stage3D	B-Operating_System
APIs	O
for	O
GPU-accelerated	O
graphics	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
commercial	O
game	O
engines	O
target	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
(	O
Stage3D	B-Operating_System
)	O
as	O
run-time	B-Device
environment	I-Device
,	O
such	O
as	O
Unity	B-Application
3D	I-Application
and	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
Stage3D	B-Operating_System
,	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
older	O
2D	O
engines	O
or	O
isometric	O
engines	O
like	O
Flixel	O
saw	O
their	O
heyday	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
also	O
developed	O
the	O
CrossBridge	B-Language
toolkit	O
which	O
cross-compiles	B-Application
C/C	O
++	O
code	O
to	O
run	O
within	O
the	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
,	O
using	O
LLVM	B-Application
and	O
GCC	B-Application
as	O
compiler	O
backends	O
,	O
and	O
high-performance	O
memory-access	B-General_Concept
opcodes	B-Language
in	O
the	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
(	O
termed	O
"	O
Domain	O
Memory	O
"	O
)	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
in-memory	O
data	O
quickly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CrossBridge	B-Language
is	O
targeted	O
toward	O
the	O
game	O
development	O
industry	O
,	O
and	O
includes	O
tools	O
for	O
building	O
,	O
testing	O
,	O
and	O
debugging	O
C/C	O
++	O
projects	O
in	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notable	O
online	O
video	O
games	O
developed	O
in	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
include	O
Angry	B-Application
Birds	I-Application
,	O
FarmVille	B-Application
,	O
and	O
AdventureQuest	B-Operating_System
(	O
started	O
in	O
2002	O
,	O
and	O
still	O
active	O
as	O
of	O
2020	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
is	O
available	O
in	O
two	O
major	O
flavors	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
22	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Adobe	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
no	O
longer	O
release	O
new	O
versions	O
of	O
NPAPI	B-Protocol
Flash	B-Operating_System
plugins	I-Operating_System
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
although	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
11.2	O
would	O
continue	O
to	O
receive	O
security	O
updates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2016	O
Adobe	O
announced	O
that	O
,	O
beginning	O
with	O
version	O
24	O
,	O
it	O
will	O
resume	O
offering	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
for	O
Linux	B-Application
for	O
other	O
browsers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Extended	O
Support	O
Release	O
(	O
ESR	O
)	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
on	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
was	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
kept	O
up	O
to	O
date	O
with	O
security	O
updates	O
,	O
but	O
none	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
features	O
or	O
bug	O
fixes	O
available	O
in	O
later	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
10	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
under	O
Windows	O
98/Me	O
using	O
KernelEx	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HP	O
offered	O
Version	O
6	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
for	O
HP-UX	B-Application
,	O
while	O
Innotek	B-Operating_System
GmbH	I-Operating_System
offered	O
versions	O
4	O
and	O
5	O
for	O
OS/2	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
have	O
been	O
available	O
at	O
some	O
point	O
for	O
BeOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
had	O
emerged	O
as	O
the	O
de	O
facto	O
standard	O
for	O
online	O
video	O
publishing	O
on	O
the	O
desktop	O
,	O
with	O
adaptive	O
bitrate	O
video	O
streaming	O
,	O
DRM	O
,	O
and	O
fullscreen	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
mobile	O
devices	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
after	O
Apple	O
refused	O
to	O
allow	O
the	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
within	O
the	O
inbuilt	O
iOS	B-Application
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
,	O
Adobe	O
changed	O
strategy	O
,	O
enabling	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
content	O
to	O
be	O
delivered	O
as	O
native	O
mobile	O
applications	O
using	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Integrated	I-Operating_System
Runtime	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Up	O
until	O
2012	O
,	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
11	B-Application
was	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
(	O
ARM	B-Application
Cortex-A8	I-Application
and	O
above	O
)	O
,	O
although	O
in	O
June	O
2012	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
Android	B-Application
4.1	O
(	O
codenamed	O
Jelly	B-Application
Bean	I-Application
)	O
would	O
not	O
support	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
by	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2012	O
,	O
Adobe	O
stopped	O
updating	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
for	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
was	O
supported	O
on	O
a	O
select	O
range	O
of	O
mobile	O
and	O
tablet	O
devices	O
,	O
from	O
Acer	O
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
10	I-Application
,	O
Dell	O
,	O
HTC	B-Application
,	O
Lenovo	O
,	O
Logitech	O
,	O
LG	O
,	O
Motorola	O
,	O
Samsung	B-Application
,	O
Sharp	O
,	O
SoftBank	O
,	O
Sony	O
(	O
and	O
Sony	O
Ericsson	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Toshiba	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2012	O
,	O
Adobe	O
has	O
stopped	O
browser-based	B-Application
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
development	O
for	O
mobile	O
browsers	B-Application
in	O
favor	O
of	O
HTML5	B-Application
,	O
however	O
,	O
Adobe	O
continues	O
to	O
support	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
content	O
on	O
mobile	O
devices	O
with	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Integrated	I-Operating_System
Runtime	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
allows	O
developers	O
to	O
publish	O
content	O
that	O
runs	O
as	O
native	O
applications	O
on	O
certain	O
supported	O
mobile	O
phone	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
said	O
it	O
will	O
optimize	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
for	O
use	O
on	O
ARM	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
(	O
ARMv7	O
and	O
ARMv6	O
architectures	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
Cortex-A	O
series	O
of	O
processors	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
ARM11	O
family	O
)	O
and	O
release	O
it	O
in	O
the	O
second	O
half	O
of	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
also	O
stated	O
it	O
wants	O
to	O
enable	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
on	O
NVIDIA	B-Operating_System
Tegra	I-Operating_System
,	O
Texas	B-Device
Instruments	I-Device
OMAP	I-Device
3	O
,	O
and	O
Samsung	B-Application
ARMs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
2009	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Adobe	O
would	O
be	O
bringing	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
to	O
TV	O
sets	O
via	O
Intel	O
Media	O
Processor	O
CE	O
3100	O
before	O
mid-2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ARM	B-Architecture
Holdings	O
later	O
said	O
it	O
welcomes	O
the	O
move	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
,	O
because	O
"	O
it	O
will	O
transform	O
mobile	O
applications	O
and	O
it	O
removes	O
the	O
claim	O
that	O
the	O
desktop	O
controls	O
the	O
Internet.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
May	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
expected	O
ARM/Linux	O
netbook	B-Device
devices	O
had	O
poor	O
support	O
for	O
Web	O
video	O
and	O
fragmented	O
software	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
other	O
devices	O
,	O
LeapFrog	O
Enterprises	O
provides	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
with	O
their	O
Leapster	O
Multimedia	O
Learning	O
System	O
and	O
extended	O
the	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
with	O
touch-screen	B-Device
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
9	O
was	O
the	O
most	O
recent	O
version	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
Linux/ARM	O
-based	O
Nokia	O
770/N800/N810	O
Internet	O
tablets	O
running	O
Maemo	B-Operating_System
OS2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
have	O
been	O
available	O
at	O
some	O
point	O
for	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
and	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kodak	O
Easyshare	O
One	O
includes	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
table	O
documents	O
historical	O
support	O
for	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
on	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
:	O
</s>
<s>
Platform	O
Final	O
version	O
Android	B-Application
4.0	O
,	O
ARM	B-Application
Cortex-A8	I-Application
+	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
11.1.115.81	O
Android	B-Application
2.2	O
–	O
3.x	O
,	O
ARM	B-Application
Cortex-A8	I-Application
+Adobe	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
,	O
Android	B-Application
Market	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
11.1.111.73	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
4.0	O
Maemo	B-Operating_System
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
9.4Maemo	O
software	O
|	O
Nokia	O
›	O
Maemo	B-Operating_System
Browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maemo.nokia.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Retrieved	O
on	O
March	O
11	B-Application
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
with	O
Firmware	O
2.50	O
,	O
NetFront	O
2.81	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
9.1	O
(	O
update	O
3	O
)	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
with	O
Firmware	O
2.70	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
6Mobile	O
and	O
Devices	O
Developer	O
Center	O
:	O
Sony	B-Operating_System
PSP	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Retrieved	O
on	O
March	O
11	B-Application
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pocket	B-Device
PC	I-Device
2003Download	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
7	O
for	O
Pocket	B-Device
PC	I-Device
,	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
7Flash	O
Player	O
7	O
For	O
Pocket	B-Device
PC	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Retrieved	O
on	O
March	O
11	B-Application
,	O
2011.rich	O
Internet	O
applications	O
|	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Platform	I-Operating_System
runtimes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
CPU	O
emulators	B-Application
have	O
been	O
created	O
for	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
,	O
including	O
Chip8	B-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
enable	O
video	O
games	O
created	O
for	O
such	O
platforms	O
to	O
run	O
within	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
announced	O
on	O
July	O
25	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
end	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
normal/global	O
variant	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
on	O
January	O
1	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
and	O
encouraged	O
developers	O
to	O
use	O
HTML5	B-Application
standards	O
in	O
place	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
announcement	O
was	O
coordinated	O
with	O
Apple	O
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
and	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
announced	O
that	O
all	O
major	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
planned	O
to	O
officially	O
remove	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
component	O
on	O
December	O
31	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
removed	O
it	O
from	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
OS	I-Application
in	O
January	O
2021	O
via	O
Windows	B-Application
Update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
move	O
to	O
further	O
reduce	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
installations	O
,	O
Adobe	O
added	O
a	O
"	O
time	O
bomb	O
"	O
to	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
to	O
disable	O
existing	O
installations	O
after	O
January	O
12	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mid-2020	O
,	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
started	O
prompting	O
users	O
to	O
uninstall	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
removed	O
all	O
existing	O
download	O
links	O
for	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
installers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
January	O
26	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
all	O
major	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
including	O
Apple	B-Application
Safari	I-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Edge	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
have	O
already	O
permanently	O
removed	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
content	O
continues	O
to	O
be	O
accessible	O
on	O
the	O
web	O
through	O
emulators	B-Application
such	O
as	O
Ruffle	B-Operating_System
,	O
with	O
varying	O
degrees	O
of	O
compatibility	O
and	O
performance	O
,	O
although	O
this	O
is	O
not	O
endorsed	O
by	O
Adobe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
from	O
Chrome	B-Application
76	O
,	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
is	O
disabled	O
by	O
default	O
without	O
any	O
prompts	O
to	O
activate	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
who	O
wanted	O
to	O
play	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
content	O
had	O
to	O
manually	O
set	O
a	O
browser	B-Application
to	O
prompt	O
for	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
content	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
during	O
each	O
browser	B-Application
session	O
enable	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
plugin	I-Operating_System
for	O
every	O
site	O
individually	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Edge	I-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Chromium	B-Language
,	O
followed	O
the	O
same	O
plan	O
as	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
blocked	O
the	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
plugin	I-Operating_System
as	O
"	O
out	O
of	O
date	O
"	O
in	O
January	O
2021	O
,	O
and	O
fully	O
removed	O
it	O
from	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
with	O
Chrome	B-Application
version	O
88	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
20	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
Firefox	B-Application
85	O
,	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
is	O
disabled	O
by	O
default	O
without	O
any	O
prompts	O
to	O
activate	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
play	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
content	O
,	O
users	O
had	O
to	O
manually	O
set	O
a	O
browser	B-Application
to	O
prompt	O
for	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
content	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
during	O
each	O
browser	B-Application
session	O
enable	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
plugin	I-Operating_System
for	O
every	O
site	O
individually	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Firefox	B-Application
85	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
26	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
completely	O
removed	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
plugin	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Firefox	B-Application
ESR	O
dropped	O
support	O
on	O
November	O
2	O
,	O
2021	O
(	O
Firefox	B-Application
78	O
ESR	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
with	O
support	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
27	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
released	O
an	O
update	O
(	O
named	O
KB4577586	O
)	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
10	O
and	O
8.1	O
which	O
removes	O
the	O
embedded	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
component	O
from	O
IE11	B-Application
and	O
Edge	B-Application
Legacy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
an	O
ActiveX	B-Application
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
plugin	B-Application
may	O
still	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
IE	O
after	O
this	O
update	O
is	O
applied	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
dropped	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
support	O
from	O
Safari	B-Application
14	O
alongside	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
macOS	B-Operating_System
Big	I-Operating_System
Sur	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
years	O
of	O
notice	O
,	O
several	O
websites	O
still	O
were	O
using	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
following	O
December	O
31	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Securities	O
and	O
Exchange	O
Commission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
many	O
educational	O
institutions	O
still	O
relied	O
on	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
for	O
educational	O
material	O
and	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
path	O
forward	O
for	O
replacement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
China-specific	O
variant	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
will	O
be	O
supported	O
beyond	O
2020	O
,	O
by	O
a	O
company	O
known	O
as	O
Zhongcheng	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Projector	O
(	O
standalone	O
)	O
versions	O
of	O
this	O
variant	O
also	O
work	O
outside	O
of	O
China	O
and	O
do	O
not	O
include	O
the	O
"	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Helper	O
Service	O
"	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
some	O
tracking	O
code	O
still	O
seems	O
to	O
be	O
present	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
global	O
variant	O
of	O
the	O
plugin	B-Application
was	O
discontinued	O
,	O
some	O
users	O
have	O
figured	O
how	O
to	O
modify	O
and	O
repack	O
the	O
China-specific	O
variant	O
to	O
bring	O
it	O
more	O
in	O
line	O
with	O
the	O
global	O
variant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
includes	O
removing	O
the	O
"	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Helper	O
Service	O
"	O
and	O
removing	O
the	O
China	O
only	O
installation	O
restriction	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
all	O
other	O
geo-restrictions	O
and	O
tracking	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
theory	O
,	O
these	O
repacks	O
should	O
provide	O
users	O
outside	O
of	O
China	O
with	O
the	O
latest	O
security	O
updates	O
to	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
,	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
deal	O
with	O
invasive	O
advertisements	O
or	O
worry	O
about	O
privacy	O
risks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
such	O
project	O
,	O
"	O
Clean	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Installer	O
"	O
,	O
was	O
served	O
a	O
DMCA	O
takedown	O
from	O
Adobe	O
in	O
October	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
has	O
partnered	O
with	O
Harman	O
to	O
support	O
enterprise	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
users	O
until	O
at	O
least	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Harman	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
player	I-Operating_System
variant	O
is	O
labeled	O
as	O
version	O
50.x	O
,	O
to	O
avoid	O
confusion	O
with	O
other	O
variants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
11	I-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
IE	O
mode	O
in	O
Edge	B-Application
,	O
will	O
continue	O
with	O
ActiveX	B-Application
support	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
extension	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Firefox	B-Application
forks	B-Application
that	O
plan	O
to	O
continue	O
NPAPI	B-Protocol
support	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
extension	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
support	O
,	O
include	O
Waterfox	B-Language
,	O
Basilisk	O
,	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
K-Meleon	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
Chromium-based	O
Chinese	O
browsers	B-Application
will	O
also	O
continue	O
to	O
support	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
in	O
PPAPI	O
and/or	O
NPAPI	B-Protocol
form	O
,	O
including	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
limited	O
to	O
,	O
360	B-Application
Secure	I-Application
Browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
EOL	O
,	O
South	O
African	O
Revenue	O
Service	O
(	O
SARS	O
)	O
released	O
a	O
custom	O
version	O
of	O
Chromium	B-Language
browser	I-Language
with	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
"	O
time	O
bomb	O
"	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
browser	B-Application
can	O
access	O
only	O
a	O
small	O
set	O
of	O
SARS	O
online	O
pages	O
containing	O
Flash-based	O
forms	O
required	O
for	O
filing	O
financial	O
reports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
directly	O
from	O
Adobe	O
,	O
all	O
versions	O
of	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
Projector	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
Standalone	O
)	O
lack	O
the	O
"	O
time	O
bomb	O
"	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
newer	O
plug-in	B-Application
variants	O
,	O
and	O
thus	O
continue	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
play	O
all	O
supported	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
file	O
formats	O
,	O
including	O
SWF	O
files	O
,	O
without	O
modification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Internet	O
Archive	O
hosts	O
some	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
content	O
and	O
makes	O
it	O
playable	O
in	O
modern	O
browsers	B-Application
via	O
emulators	B-Application
Ruffle	B-Operating_System
and	O
Emularity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
emulators	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
CheerpX	O
,	O
also	O
exist	O
as	O
options	O
for	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
emulation	B-Application
on	O
other	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BlueMaxima	O
's	O
Flashpoint	O
project	O
claims	O
to	O
have	O
collected	O
more	O
than	O
38,000	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
games	O
and	O
animations	O
and	O
made	O
them	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
has	O
released	O
some	O
components	O
of	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
products	O
as	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
via	O
Open	O
Screen	O
Project	O
or	O
donated	O
them	O
to	O
open	O
source	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
includes	O
:	O
ActionScript	B-Language
Virtual	I-Language
Machine	I-Language
2	I-Language
(	O
AVM2	B-Language
)	O
which	O
implements	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
3	O
(	O
donated	O
as	O
open-source	B-Application
to	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flex	I-Operating_System
Framework	I-Operating_System
(	O
donated	O
as	O
open-source	B-Application
to	O
the	O
Apache	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
and	O
rebranded	O
as	O
Apache	B-Operating_System
Flex	I-Operating_System
,	O
superseded	O
by	O
Apache	B-Operating_System
Royale	I-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
CrossBridge	B-Language
C++	B-Language
cross-compilation	B-Application
toolset	O
(	O
released	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
some	O
browsers	B-Application
,	O
prior	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
versions	O
have	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
uninstalled	O
before	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
could	O
be	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
version	O
11.2	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
there	O
are	O
now	O
automatic	O
updater	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
is	O
partially	O
supported	O
,	O
as	O
Adobe	O
is	O
cooperating	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
to	O
implement	O
it	O
via	O
Chrome	B-Application
web	I-Application
browser	I-Application
on	O
all	O
Linux	B-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mixing	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
applications	O
with	O
HTML	O
leads	O
to	O
inconsistent	O
input	O
handling	O
leading	O
to	O
poor	O
user	O
experience	O
with	O
the	O
site	O
(	O
keyboard	O
and	O
mouse	O
not	O
working	O
as	O
they	O
would	O
in	O
an	O
HTML-only	O
document	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
supports	O
persistent	O
local	O
storage	O
of	O
data	O
(	O
also	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Local	B-Operating_System
Shared	I-Operating_System
Objects	I-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
similarly	O
to	O
HTTP	B-Application
cookies	I-Application
or	O
Web	B-Application
Storage	I-Application
in	O
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Local	O
storage	O
in	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
allows	O
websites	O
to	O
store	O
non-executable	O
data	O
on	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
computer	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
authentication	O
information	O
,	O
game	O
high	O
scores	O
or	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
games	O
,	O
server-based	O
session	O
identifiers	O
,	O
site	O
preferences	O
,	O
saved	O
work	O
,	O
or	O
temporary	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
will	O
only	O
allow	O
content	O
originating	O
from	O
exactly	O
the	O
same	O
website	O
domain	O
to	O
access	O
data	O
saved	O
in	O
local	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
local	O
storage	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
save	O
information	O
on	O
a	O
computer	O
that	O
is	O
later	O
retrieved	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
site	O
,	O
a	O
site	O
can	O
use	O
it	O
to	O
gather	O
user	O
statistics	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
how	O
HTTP	B-Application
cookies	I-Application
and	O
Web	B-Application
Storage	I-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
disable	O
or	O
restrict	O
use	O
of	O
local	O
storage	O
in	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
through	O
a	O
"	O
Settings	O
Manager	O
"	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
settings	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
from	O
the	O
Adobe	O
website	O
or	O
by	O
right-clicking	O
on	O
Flash-based	O
content	O
and	O
selecting	O
"	O
Global	O
Settings	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Disabling	O
local	O
storage	O
will	O
block	O
any	O
content	O
from	O
saving	O
local	O
user	O
information	O
using	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
this	O
may	O
disable	O
or	O
reduce	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
some	O
websites	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
saved	O
preferences	O
or	O
high	O
scores	O
and	O
saved	O
progress	O
in	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
10.1	B-Operating_System
and	O
upward	O
honor	O
the	O
privacy	B-Protocol
mode	I-Protocol
settings	O
in	O
the	O
latest	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Chrome	B-Application
,	O
Firefox	B-Application
,	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Safari	B-Application
web	I-Application
browsers	I-Application
,	O
such	O
that	O
no	O
local	O
storage	O
data	O
is	O
saved	O
when	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
's	O
privacy	B-Protocol
mode	I-Protocol
is	O
in	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
security	O
bulletins	O
and	O
advisories	O
announce	O
security	O
updates	O
,	O
but	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
release	O
notes	O
do	O
not	O
disclose	O
the	O
security	O
issues	O
addressed	O
when	O
a	O
release	O
closes	O
security	O
holes	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
difficult	O
to	O
evaluate	O
the	O
urgency	O
of	O
a	O
particular	O
update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
test	O
page	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
check	O
if	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
is	O
installed	O
,	O
and	O
uninstallers	O
may	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
ensure	O
that	O
old-version	O
plugins	B-Application
have	O
been	O
uninstalled	O
from	O
all	O
installed	O
browsers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2010	O
Adobe	O
announced	O
a	O
"	O
critical	O
vulnerability	O
"	O
in	O
recent	O
versions	O
,	O
saying	O
there	O
are	O
reports	O
that	O
this	O
vulnerability	O
is	O
being	O
actively	O
exploited	O
in	O
the	O
wild	O
against	O
both	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Adobe	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
and	O
Acrobat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
in	O
October	O
2010	O
,	O
Adobe	O
announced	O
another	O
critical	O
vulnerability	O
,	O
this	O
time	O
also	O
affecting	O
Android-based	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Android	B-Application
users	O
have	O
been	O
recommended	O
to	O
disable	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
or	O
make	O
it	O
only	O
on	O
demand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subsequent	O
security	O
vulnerabilities	O
also	O
exposed	O
Android	B-Application
users	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
two	O
critical	O
vulnerabilities	O
published	O
in	O
February	O
2013	O
or	O
the	O
four	O
critical	O
vulnerabilities	O
published	O
in	O
March	O
2013	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
which	O
could	O
lead	O
to	O
arbitrary	O
code	O
execution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symantec	O
's	O
Internet	O
Security	O
Threat	O
Report	O
states	O
that	O
a	O
remote	O
code	O
execution	O
in	O
Adobe	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
and	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
was	O
the	O
second	O
most	O
attacked	O
vulnerability	O
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
report	O
also	O
recommended	O
using	O
browser	B-Protocol
extensions	I-Protocol
to	O
disable	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
usage	O
on	O
untrusted	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
McAfee	O
predicted	O
that	O
Adobe	O
software	O
,	O
especially	O
Reader	O
and	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
,	O
would	O
be	O
primary	O
target	O
for	O
attacks	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
report	O
also	O
highlighted	O
that	O
"	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
vulnerabilities	O
enable	O
cybercriminals	O
to	O
bypass	O
security	O
systems	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
application.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Steve	O
Jobs	O
criticized	O
the	O
security	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
,	O
noting	O
that	O
"	O
Symantec	O
recently	O
highlighted	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
for	O
having	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
worst	O
security	O
records	O
in	O
2009	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
responded	O
by	O
pointing	O
out	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
Symantec	O
Global	O
Internet	O
Threat	O
Report	O
for	O
2009	O
,	O
found	O
that	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
had	O
the	O
second	O
lowest	O
number	O
of	O
vulnerabilities	O
of	O
all	O
Internet	O
technologies	O
listed	O
(	O
which	O
included	O
both	O
web	O
plug-ins	B-Application
and	O
browsers	B-Application
)	O
.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
7	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Adobe	O
released	O
a	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
patch	O
for	O
a	O
zero-day	O
memory	O
corruption	O
vulnerability	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
deliver	O
malware	O
via	O
the	O
Magnitude	O
exploit	O
kit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
11.2	O
does	O
not	O
play	O
certain	O
kinds	O
of	O
content	O
unless	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
digitally	O
signed	O
by	O
Adobe	O
,	O
following	O
a	O
license	O
obtained	O
by	O
the	O
publisher	O
directly	O
from	O
Adobe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
move	O
by	O
Adobe	O
,	O
together	O
with	O
the	O
abandonment	O
of	O
Flex	B-Operating_System
to	O
Apache	O
was	O
criticized	O
as	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
lock	O
out	O
independent	O
tool	O
developers	O
,	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
Adobe	O
's	O
commercial	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
premium	O
features	O
are	O
now	O
classified	O
as	O
general	O
availability	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
freely	O
used	O
by	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2010	O
,	O
Steve	O
Jobs	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
CEO	O
of	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
published	O
an	O
open	O
letter	O
explaining	O
why	O
Apple	O
would	O
not	O
support	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
on	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
iPod	B-Device
Touch	I-Device
,	O
and	O
iPad	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
letter	O
he	O
blamed	O
problems	O
with	O
the	O
"	O
openness	O
"	O
,	O
stability	O
,	O
security	O
,	O
performance	O
,	O
and	O
touchscreen	B-Device
integration	O
of	O
the	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
as	O
reasons	O
for	O
refusing	O
to	O
support	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
claimed	O
that	O
when	O
one	O
of	O
Apple	O
's	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	O
crashes	O
,	O
"	O
more	O
often	O
than	O
not	O
"	O
the	O
cause	O
can	O
be	O
attributed	O
to	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
described	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
as	O
"	O
buggy	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
's	O
CEO	O
Shantanu	O
Narayen	O
responded	O
by	O
saying	O
,	O
"	O
If	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
 [ is ] 	O
the	O
number	O
one	O
reason	O
that	O
Macs	O
crash	O
,	O
which	O
I	O
'm	O
not	O
aware	O
of	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
as	O
much	O
to	O
do	O
with	O
the	O
Apple	O
operating	O
system.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Steve	O
Jobs	O
also	O
claimed	O
that	O
a	O
large	O
percentage	O
of	O
the	O
video	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
is	O
supported	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
since	O
many	O
popular	O
video	O
sharing	O
websites	O
such	O
as	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
have	O
published	O
video	O
content	O
in	O
an	O
HTML5	B-Application
compatible	O
format	O
,	O
enabling	O
videos	O
to	O
playback	O
in	O
mobile	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
even	O
without	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
version	O
30	O
,	O
Adobe	O
stopped	O
distributing	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
directly	O
to	O
users	O
from	O
mainland	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
they	O
selected	O
2144.cn	O
as	O
a	O
partner	O
and	O
released	O
a	O
special	O
variant	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
on	O
a	O
specific	O
website	O
,	O
which	O
contains	O
a	O
non-closable	O
process	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Helper	O
Service	O
"	O
,	O
that	O
collects	O
private	O
information	O
and	O
pops	O
up	O
advertisement	O
window	O
contents	O
,	O
by	O
receiving	O
and	O
running	O
encrypted	O
programs	O
from	O
a	O
remote	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
partnership	O
started	O
in	O
about	O
2017	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
version	O
30	O
,	O
Adobe	O
disabled	O
the	O
usage	O
of	O
vanilla	O
(	O
global	O
)	O
variant	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
in	O
mainland	O
China	O
,	O
forcing	O
users	O
to	O
use	O
that	O
specific	O
variant	O
,	O
which	O
may	O
pose	O
a	O
risk	O
to	O
its	O
users	O
due	O
to	O
Internet	O
censorship	O
by	O
Chinese	O
Communist	O
Party	O
(	O
CCP	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
only	O
affected	O
Chinese	O
Chromium	B-Language
based	O
browser	B-Application
users	O
,	O
Firefox	B-Application
users	O
,	O
and	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
users	O
using	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
and	O
below	O
,	O
as	O
Microsoft	O
still	O
directly	O
distributed	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
for	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Edge	I-Application
through	O
Windows	B-Application
Update	O
in	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
and	O
upward	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
in	O
2021	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
this	O
variant	O
is	O
the	O
only	O
publicly	O
supported	O
version	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Saw	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
streaming	O
MP3s	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Motion	O
Tween	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
the	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
plug-in	B-Application
was	O
not	O
bundled	O
with	O
popular	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
and	O
users	O
had	O
to	O
visit	O
Macromedia	O
website	O
to	O
download	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2000	B-Application
,	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
was	O
already	O
being	O
distributed	O
with	O
all	O
AOL	O
,	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
and	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
browsers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
years	O
later	O
it	O
shipped	O
with	O
all	O
releases	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
install-base	O
of	O
the	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
reached	O
92	O
percent	O
of	O
all	O
Internet	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macromedia	O
Generator	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
initiative	O
from	O
Macromedia	O
to	O
separate	O
design	O
from	O
content	O
in	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Generator	O
2.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
2001	O
,	O
and	O
featured	O
real-time	O
server-side	O
generation	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
content	O
in	O
its	O
Enterprise	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Generator	O
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
2002	O
,	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
new	O
technologies	O
such	O
as	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Remoting	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
for	O
seamless	O
transmission	O
of	O
data	O
between	O
the	O
server	O
and	O
the	O
client	O
,	O
and	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
Server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2000	B-Application
,	O
usability	B-General_Concept
guru	O
Jakob	O
Nielsen	O
wrote	O
a	O
polemic	O
article	O
regarding	O
usability	B-General_Concept
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
content	O
entitled	O
""	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Macromedia	O
later	O
hired	O
Nielsen	O
to	O
help	O
them	O
improve	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
usability	B-General_Concept
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Macromedia	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Communication	O
Server	O
MX	O
,	O
also	O
released	O
in	O
2002	O
,	O
allowed	O
video	O
to	O
be	O
streamed	O
to	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
6	O
(	O
otherwise	O
the	O
video	O
could	O
be	O
embedded	O
into	O
the	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
movie	I-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ability	O
to	O
create	O
charts	O
,	O
graphs	O
and	O
additional	O
text	B-General_Concept
effects	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
support	O
for	O
extensions	O
(	O
sold	O
separately	O
)	O
,	O
high	O
fidelity	O
import	O
of	O
PDF	B-Application
and	O
Adobe	B-Language
Illustrator	I-Language
10	O
files	O
,	O
mobile	O
and	O
device	O
development	O
and	O
a	O
forms-based	O
development	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
2.0	O
was	O
also	O
introduced	O
,	O
giving	O
developers	O
a	O
formal	O
object-oriented	B-Language
approach	O
to	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
V2	O
Components	O
replaced	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
MX	I-Operating_System
's	O
components	O
,	O
being	O
rewritten	O
from	O
the	O
ground	O
up	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
2.0	O
and	O
object-oriented	B-Language
principles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Platform	I-Operating_System
"	O
was	O
introduced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
expanded	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
to	O
more	O
than	O
the	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
authoring	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flex	B-Operating_System
1.0	O
and	O
Breeze	B-Protocol
1.0	O
were	O
released	O
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
used	O
the	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
delivery	O
method	O
but	O
relied	O
on	O
tools	O
other	O
than	O
the	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
authoring	O
program	O
to	O
create	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
applications	O
and	O
presentations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	O
1.1	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
,	O
enabling	O
mobile	O
phones	O
to	O
play	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
3	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
acquired	O
Macromedia	O
and	O
its	O
product	O
portfolio	O
(	O
including	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
replaced	O
Extended	O
Support	O
Release	O
10.3	B-Operating_System
by	O
11.7	O
on	O
July	O
9	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dropped	O
support	O
of	O
the	O
browser	B-Protocol
plug-in	I-Protocol
for	O
mobile	O
devices	O
(	O
Android	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Android	B-Application
app	O
developers	O
are	O
encouraged	O
to	O
use	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Air	I-Operating_System
and	O
Android	B-Application
web	O
developers	O
should	O
switch	O
to	O
HTML5	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Extended	O
support	O
for	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
player	I-Operating_System
11.2	O
on	O
Solaris	B-Application
as	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
to	O
be	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
replaced	O
Extended	O
Support	O
Release	O
11.2	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
with	O
24.0	O
on	O
December	O
13	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
replaced	O
Extended	O
Support	O
Release	O
11.7	O
on	O
Mac	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
with	O
13.0	O
on	O
May	O
13	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Refuses	O
to	O
play	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
content	O
after	O
January	O
12	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
and	O
instead	O
displays	O
a	O
static	O
warning	O
message	O
.	O
</s>
