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Adobe Flash Player (known in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Google Chrome as Shockwave Flash) [10] is a discontinued [note 1] computer program for viewing multimedia content, executing rich Internet applications, and streaming audio and video content created on the Adobe Flash platform.
That same year The New York Times began working on archiving old web content, so that readers could view webpages as they were originally published, [10] and now uses Ruffle for old Flash content. [11] Adobe started blocking the use of Flash Player versions newer than 32.0.0.371 [12] on January 12, 2021, using a kill switch. [13]
In 2011, Adobe Flash Player 11 was released, and with it the first version of Stage3D, allowing GPU-accelerated 3D rendering for Flash applications and games on desktop platforms such as Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. [58]
Originally limited to presenting vector-based objects and images in a simple sequential manner, the format in its later versions allows audio (since Flash 3) and video (since Flash 6). Adobe introduced a new, low-level 3D API in version 11 of the Flash Player. Initially codenamed Molehill, the official name given to this API was ultimately Stage3D.
• On the right of the page you will see the latest revision number. • Compare that version to what is listed when you click About AOL from the Help menu. • If you are on the latest version, proceed to the next step. Uninstall/Reinstall Desktop Gold if it is still working • Uninstall Adobe Flash Player PPAPI.
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In February 2012, Adobe announced it would discontinue development of Flash Player on Linux for all browsers, except Google Chrome, by dropping support for NPAPI and using only Chrome's PPAPI. [63] [64] In August 2016, Adobe announced that, beginning with version 24, it would resume offering of Flash Player for Linux for other browsers. [65]