Firefox to drop support for most plugins by end of 2016

11 October, 2015
Mozilla has announced that it will be dropping support for most web plugins by end of 2016. This includes the likes of Java and Silverlight, although Flash will continue to be supported.

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  • 12 Oct 2015

heynekko, 11 Oct 2015Good. Then all of these features(flash, java, silverlight) ... moreNo... they won't exist anymore. Those technologies are reaching their end, giving way to HTML5.

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    • 11 Oct 2015

    Good. Then all of these features(flash, java, silverlight) will be built-in instead of plug-in.. Should increase the stability if built in

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      Jack, 11 Oct 2015Why?? Plugins like Flash are wonderful. Everyone likes thos... moreThey will have to go to html5 anyway. Flash is a big security hole, a patch on a patch on a patch. If you do a search for - Hacking Team flash exploit - you'll see what the latest alert was about. Yet, Mozilla said that Flash will stay, of all things, because a lot of companies depend on it...

        Jack, 11 Oct 2015Why?? Plugins like Flash are wonderful. Everyone likes thos... moreflash is not only used for those annoying ads, but most websites still use flash for video playback,that's one thing I use firefox for,plus it has the best video downloader in the desktop realm

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          • 11 Oct 2015

          Why?? Plugins like Flash are wonderful. Everyone likes those annoying flash ads and ad networks like them as well. I can have a pleasant browsing experience by not installing flash at all. Now these guys are gonna cram their nuisance-ware into HTML5-JS technologies which we can't escape from.

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            No Matter, 11 Oct 2015It's all because of add blockers... dude those are add-ons plugins are a different story

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              AnonD-351867, 11 Oct 2015yes on windows 10 Firefox is not as stable as chrome for no... moreNot stable? using it from launch of win 10 and don't have single crash

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                modashop, 10 Oct 2015I really can't understand all this hype about HTML5. It eve... moreEvolution is inevitable. Everything eventually becomes legacy. Adapt or die. Simple.

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                  • 11 Oct 2015

                  It's all because of add blockers...

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                    Anonymouses, 11 Oct 2015Is FireFox really good? People in my office are dying to ge... moreyes on windows 10 Firefox is not as stable as chrome for now, but this will change. chrome consumes too much ram even when using the 32-bit version not only that but its tabs management is not as good as Firefox for heavy users, i still use both tho

                      Is FireFox really good? People in my office are dying to get rid of it from their computers ever since our office start updating every single computer into Windows 8.1. Firefox keep on launching automatically without asking as a default browser when clicking on links. We hate it. Not always though but sometime it is annoying as we favor Chrome browser better.

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                        • 11 Oct 2015

                        Wow Firefox 64-bit coming! seems like I will soon not use chrome again :)

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                          • 10 Oct 2015

                          I really can't understand all this hype about HTML5. It even cannot display proper text on older browsers and devices. But wasn't simplicity and compatibility at the very foundation of HTML? To be able to open and read a webpage no matter where you are or what you're using? Seems like it isn't anymore! Shame!

                            At least FF is not pulling the plug on plugins(see what I did there) all of a sudden.