Is this for the Android version of Firefox? If so support for Flash ended in Firefox version 56.

The desktop version of Firefox supports Flash.

Flash is supported for now. But in the future, it will no longer work on Firefox.

Thanks so much for your quick reply! I have some folks I am helping who may have issues caused by the Flash player. I will let them know this official response.

What about "YouTube Flash Player" Ad-on? It is still found on the Ad-Ons pages. Will its support remain?

I always try to redirect folks to use the native HTML 5 player but I know that there are those websites and providers that still stay with Flash. I always tell them to contact their provider and encourage them to change to HTML 5.

FredMcD said

Flash is supported for now. But in the future, it will no longer work on Firefox.

TonyE said

Is this for the Android version of Firefox? If so support for Flash ended in Firefox version 56. The desktop version of Firefox supports Flash.

safemanusa said

What about "YouTube Flash Player" Ad-on?

Youtube currently uses the HTML5 player. Any Youtube/flash add-ons will not work.

Then you should remove YouTube Flash Add-Ons from this webpage. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?platform=windows&q=flash

Also the knowledge base still has instructions for installing Flash Player (See Attached Image) There should be an official statement to update the positions you just stated and add that statement to the knowledge base.

Thanks!

Warren

FredMcD said

safemanusa said

What about "YouTube Flash Player" Ad-on?

Youtube currently uses the HTML5 player. Any Youtube/flash add-ons will not work.

Flash will still be important for the foreseeable future. If users are having problems with Flash sites in Firefox 56+, they should learn about the plugin notification icon. This article might help: Why do I have to click to activate plugins?

Good to know. Thanks! When I had it installed Flash would crash routinely. I always had it on click to activate. I am going to start to steer everyone to HTML5 otherwise we are going to keep getting complaints about poor performance. I know many pages still use Flash but they are dwindling. In the meantime I think we should encourage people to seek alternative pages. If they insist on using Flash then just warn them that performance may/will suffer. Just my 2 cents.

jscher2000 said

Flash will still be important for the foreseeable future. If users are having problems with Flash sites in Firefox 56+, they should learn about the plugin notification icon. This article might help: Why do I have to click to activate plugins?

To see Mozilla's plans on supporting the Flash Player Plugin in Firefox https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Plugins/Roadmap

FredMcD said

Flash is supported for now. But in the future, it will no longer work on Firefox.

If by future being in 2020 then yes.

safemanusa said

Then you should remove YouTube Flash Add-Ons from this webpage. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fire.../?platform=windows&q=flash

Nobody here maintains the separate addons.mozilla.org site. There is a forum to discuss A.M.O things at https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/add-ons as it is the Forum link on bottom of A.M.O pages.

James said

safemanusa said Hi James, Sorry for the confusion. New at this Thanks!

Then you should remove YouTube Flash Add-Ons from this webpage. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fire.../?platform=windows&q=flash

Nobody here maintains the separate addons.mozilla.org site. There is a forum to discuss A.M.O things at https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/add-ons as it is the Forum link on bottom of A.M.O pages.

Hi James - that nails it! Very definitive! Thanks so much! Warren

James said

To see Mozilla's plans on supporting the Flash Player Plugin in Firefox https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Plugins/Roadmap FredMcD said

Flash is supported for now. But in the future, it will no longer work on Firefox.

If by future being in 2020 then yes.