The End of the Flash Era

Source: Statista

Having long been considered a performance-hampering security risk, one of the technologies that shaped the face of the world wide web for the past two decades is quietly saying goodbye this week. On January 12, 2021, Adobe will officially pull the plug on Flash, blocking Flash content from running in Flash Player after having phased out support for it on December 31.

“Open standards such as HTML5, WebGL, and WebAssembly have continually matured over the years and serve as viable alternatives for Flash content,” Adobe writes on its website explaining the step that was pre-announced as early as July 2017. “Also, major browser vendors are integrating these open standards into their browsers and deprecating most other plug-ins (like Flash Player).”

As the following chart, based on data from W3Techs, a website tracking web technology, shows, Flash has been slowly vanishing from the web over the past few years. While almost 3 in 10 websites used Flash content in 2011, that share had dropped to 2.2 percent by January 2021.

Infographic: The End of the Flash Era | Statista

AgencyLogic Support Series – Uploading Images Using Google Chrome

Google recently released a new version of its Chrome browser which included blocking Adobe Flash by default. This impacted millions of Internet users including AgencyLogic clients specifically through the image upload feature of our software suite.

The easiest solution is to use another browser (for example Internet Explorer (AKA “I.E.”) or Firefox) but for those wanting to stick with Chrome there is a simple work around.

Please follow these steps – if you have additional questions give us a call on:

(888) 201-5160

or email:

support@agencylogic.com

The following steps work for version 64.0.3282.167:

Step 1:

Check that you have Flash installed. Flash is a technology used in our image/file upload component and so has to be installed and current (the latest version).

To check visit:

www.whatismybrowser.com

You should see something like this:

Single Property Websites

If the message says you do not have Flash installed you need to install it. To do this visit:

get.adobe.com

and follow the steps detailed on the Website. Then close your browser, reopen it and try to upload your images/files again.

Step 2:

If you still cannot upload files it is likely that Chrome is blocking flash. To solve this issue open Chrome and click on the small three dots located in the top right hand corner:

Screenshot 1

Step 3:

A drop down menu will appear – click on “Settings”

Screenshot 2

Step 4:

Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “Advanced”

Screenshot 3

Step 5:

This opens up more options under the word “Advanced.” In the “Privacy and security” section click on “Content settings”

Screenshot 4

Step 6:

This opens up more options under the words “Content settings.” In the “Flash” section you should see “Ask First”

If you don’t then click the small triangle to the right of the word “Flash”

Screenshot 5

Step 7:

The final page should show “Ask first (recommended)”:

Screenshot 6

If it says “Block sites from running Flash” like this:

Screenshot 7

click on the slider on the right to revert the setting back to “Ask first (recommended).”

Step 8:

The final step is to add the following to the list of allowed sites:

powersite.agencylogic.com

To do this click the ‘Add’ button:

Single Property Websites

Then enter powersite.agencylogic.com and click the ‘Add’ button:

Single Property Websites

You should now be able to upload files – images and documents.



AgencyLogic Support Series – Uploading Images Using Google Chrome

Google recently released a new version of its Chrome browser which included blocking Adobe Flash by default. This impacted millions of Internet users including AgencyLogic clients specifically through the image upload feature of our software suite.

The easiest solution is to use another browser (for example Internet Explorer (AKA “I.E.”) or Firefox) but for those wanting to stick with Chrome there is a simple work around.

Please follow these steps – if you have additional questions give us a call on:

(888) 201-5160

or email:

support@agencylogic.com

The following steps work for version 64.0.3282.167:

Step 1:

Check that you have Flash installed. Flash is a technology used in our image/file upload component and so has to be installed and current (the latest version).

To check visit:

www.whatismybrowser.com

You should see something like this:

Single Property Websites

If the message says you do not have Flash installed you need to install it. To do this visit:

get.adobe.com

and follow the steps detailed on the Website. Then close your browser, reopen it and try to upload your images/files again.

Step 2:

If you still cannot upload files it is likely that Chrome is blocking flash. To solve this issue open Chrome and click on the small three dots located in the top right hand corner:

Screenshot 1

Step 3:

A drop down menu will appear – click on “Settings”

Screenshot 2

Step 4:

Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “Advanced”

Screenshot 3

Step 5:

This opens up more options under the word “Advanced.” In the “Privacy and security” section click on “Content settings”

Screenshot 4

Step 6:

This opens up more options under the words “Content settings.” In the “Flash” section you should see “Ask First”

If you don’t then click the small triangle to the right of the word “Flash”

Screenshot 5

Step 7:

The final page should show “Ask first (recommended)”:

Screenshot 6

If it says “Block sites from running Flash” like this:

Screenshot 7

click on the slider on the right to revert the setting back to “Ask first (recommended).”

Step 8:

The final step is to add the following to the list of allowed sites:

powersite.agencylogic.com

To do this click the ‘Add’ button:

Single Property Websites

Then enter powersite.agencylogic.com and click the ‘Add’ button:

Single Property Websites

You should now be able to upload files – images and documents.