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Are you going stop supporting shockwave Flash?

rebels01
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if the rumor is true, And I hope it not. cause I won't ever play on Pogo again. And my boredom will rise A rumor I hear that Mozilla Firefox not going support Shockwave flash in future. is that true?

if the rumor is true, And I hope it not. cause I won't ever play on Pogo again. And my boredom will rise A rumor I hear that Mozilla Firefox not going support Shockwave flash in future. is that true?

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asadotzler
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Flash will be supported for some time. There's just too much of it out there to stop supporting it any time soon. Firefox will be making Flash "click to play" before too long.

rebels01
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Cool, But why don't you support Java? There a lot of people use Java. There a lot of games, windows that use java, We are lost without java.

asadotzler
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Java is far less common than Flash. It's also got a poor security track record.

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Oracle, the maker of the Java plugin, has been urging websites to move away from it ever since Google removed Java compatibility from Chrome, probably 18 months ago by now. Publishers can instead run their Java programs outside the browser using Oracle's Java Web Start technology. When you visit a site that uses JavaWS, you'll see it in action. For example: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/deployment/webstart/examplesIndex.html (screenshot attached of how Firefox launches the link)

If you can't live without the Java plugin, you can use the Extended Support Release (ESR) of Firefox 52. It runs the same plugins that ran in Firefox 51. This version will get security updates through about next February.

More information on this change and ESR: Why do Java, Silverlight, Adobe Acrobat and other plugins no longer work?

Windows Users: When you get to the ESR installer list, you'll notice at least two different downloads for Windows:

  • Windows installer is the standard version for Windows that runs on both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista through 10 (and 32-bit XP), the best choice for most users
  • Windows 64-bit installer ONLY runs the Flash and Silverlight plugins, so that is not what you're looking for. (If someone reading this only needs Silverlight and is considering switching to 64-bit, there may be some extra file cleanup to do on your system. See: How to switch from 32-bit to 64-bit Firefox)
rebels01
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QUESTION, 

            Grammarly before I add it. it says for free.

Now they want me to pay for it. What's going on?

Is it for free or Not?

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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rebels01 said

QUESTION,
Grammarly before I add it. it says for free.
Now they want me to pay for it.
What's going on?
Is it for free or Not?

They have paid products and paid services. They say their extension is free, so presumably it has some level of free functionality but I haven't tried it myself.

https://www.grammarly.com/faq#toc2 free vs. premium