Udviklerne bag Mozillas browser Firefox indikerer, at version 55 bliver mere afvisende overfor Flash, når den lanceres i august.
Udviklerne skriver:
As part of the ongoing NPAPI plug-in deprecation in Firefox, Flash content is now defaulted to click-to-activate in Firefox Nightly… The current plan is to roll out this change gradually to the Beta and Release channel user base of Firefox 55. Web publishers must have a clear plan to move away from any Flash dependency to offer the best possible user experience.
Flash vil kun blive accepteret over HTTP eller HTTPS – FTP eller fil-upload af Flash-elementer bliver ikke muligt.
Chrome spørger allerede til, om brugere ønsker at aktivere Flash-elementer på en given hjemmeside.