Flash websites

[MrCookieMonster]

Hi,

I am looking at getting the new M1 MBA for my son to help with online learning.

A lot of content is currently being delivered via certain websites which I am guessing are using flash. On my 13" MBP the fans spool up pretty much straight away.

Appreciate how bad these sites are etc but don't have any choice but to use them.

Wondered if anyone had any experience using such sites with the new AS MacBooks?

*Also one other question, I believe they have touchid. Is there an age limit to how old you have to be for this to work effectively?

 

[Gnattu]

I can't believe in November 2020 we still have flash online learning websites.
Flash will be EOL on December 31, 2020 and will no longer be supported.

 

[Jackorias]

Using a base spec M1 MBP, running Chrome in Rosetta2 for a flash based website. I don't think the Mac cares. At all. Gets slightly warm to the touch but the fans haven't come on at all.

In fact, I've had it nearly 24 hours and if you told me there was no fan in there I'd believe you.

 

[vel0city]

Are you sure the sites aren't using HTML5? I'd be amazed if anyone is actually deploying Flash sites any more. Can you post a link?

 

[wyrdness]

See this:

Adobe Flash Player End of Life

Adobe Flash Player End of Life general information

www.adobe.com

In particular:
Adobe will stop distributing and updating Flash Player after December 31, 2020
Adobe will be removing Flash Player download pages from its site and Flash-based content will be blocked from running in Adobe Flash Player after the EOL Date

This sounds as if all Flash sites will stop working at the end of the year.

 

[Xack]

Flash will not come to Apple Silicon as it would be pointless to port it if it is going to be dropped a month later. Any website using Flash anymore is an abandoned web site and their web master doesn't care about their users.

 

[MrCookieMonster]

Are you sure the sites aren't using HTML5? I'd be amazed if anyone is actually deploying Flash sites any more. Can you post a link?

Don’t have link to hand but they are accessed behind rmunify for which you need credentials. May not be flash, I haven’t validated but if it’s html5 it’s really bad performance wise.