Flasha and java games

Flash-only sites are rare but they exist, and some web applications make use of Flash as well exclusively, for instance in web courses. While that has not changed, the technology that websites use to provide these contents is changing and a consequence of this is that Flash becomes less of a must have than before.

Some sites, Hulu for example, require Flash to work. If you visit Hulu without Flash installed or Flash disabled , you get an error message that it is required to watch shows on the site. If you use online streaming services, chance is you may still need Adobe Flash to access some of them. Audio streaming sites like Pandora or Soundcloud require Adobe Flash as well and refuse to play if the connecting browser does not support the technology.

Java too is used for a variety of purposes on the Internet. There are game sites on the Internet that require Java and some web applications do to.

Some online banks may require Java for functionality and won't work properly or at all if you don't have Java installed on your system. With Java, it is also a question of whether it is required locally.

Programs may require Java and if you develop for Android, you too need Java installed on your system for that. If you use Java only locally on the other hand, you can untie its browser connection , at least on Windows.

Security has already been mentioned before and it is the key point without doubt. If you don't run plug-ins, your browser and system are not vulnerable to attacks that exploit vulnerabilities in these products. Stability may improve as well and as a sidekick to that battery live and page loading times. Since Flash ads are not shown anymore, page loading times may improve. If you visit Mozilla's Crash Reports site, you will notice that the top crasher of Firefox There is another benefit.

While experienced users have no troubles bypassing those options, for instance by unchecking them or downloading full offline installers in the case of Java , it is likely that inexperienced users install these offers on their systems.

If you don't know whether you need Java, Flash or another plug-in, then the best way to find out about it is to disable these plug-ins in your browser. If a website requires it that you visit regularly, it will inform you in the browser. This way you know that you still need that plug-in, at least on that website. Alternatively, you can set the plugin to "click to play" instead.

This blocks it from loading right away when a website loads but gives you the option to enable it if demand is there. There is no definitive catch-all answer when it comes to the impact of turning off plug-ins in your web browser. The majority of users may not not notice a difference in regards to compatibility while some users may run into sites that don't work properly anymore after disabling plug-ins. Probably the best course of action right now is to test this on your system, preferably by switching to click to play as it offers all the benefits of disabling plug-ins and the fallback option to load plug-in contents when the need arises.

Good article! The last 2 years I have only used flash as a plug-in. The main reason for getting rid of it was because it constantly had undiscovered vulnerabilities. About ten years ago or a bit more, I used to play pool on Yahoo! Games, it was Java based. Man, those times were good. The only thing I ever used Java for was a Weather. There is nothing wrong with standalone Java programs; they are as vulnerable as any other program written in another programming language.

The big problem is with the browser plugin, so disabling it is a very good idea. I use a few different browsers. For casual surfing I tend toward Fjirefox without Java and Flash. Chromium also has Flash blocked. It seems to me that Oracle in particular has been pretty lax about timely patches. I may be biased, though: the US state where I live is currently suing Oracle over failure to deliver a working product even after extensive overruns in cost and time. For streaming video I use my Roku or, occasionally, some other device.

For streaming music Pandora I mostly use the Roku there, too. I have Flash disabled elsewhere. For the most part I never even notice it. There are some other rare cases where I need to enable Flash, but that might be only a few times per year. I just skip sites, which require it and if I really need it like once a few weeks I have a portable version of Iron with the Flash Plugin installed. I still have it installed because it comes with the JDK which I use for development. I thought I recently had counted 43 Flash games remaining.

It turns out that Canasta is the other Flash game to be retired. My question is this … after these games are retired in March , will there be any Flash games remaining at the Pogo website, or is this the final step in retiring all Flash games? It's gonna be a sad day to see all the other games gone. Most of my favorite games are on the list of Flash games to be retired. All the games where I play with friends here are on this list of games to be retired. I am sure they will be upset too to know these games are now going away.

Also, WHY are all these games being removed in March when Flash will be available until the end of ? After knowing that my favorite games will be retired in March of with no HTML5 game versions announced, one of my New Years resolutions will be to retire myself from the Pogo website!

I will say this And the experience here as a non-paying member is too frustrating to even consider. Each passing day becomes harder and harder to justify playing here!

Shakes my head!!! Update: There was an announcement on Dec 20, that our minis and mini items will not be removed. That is good news if we are able to keep our beloved minis. This is one major factor in my decision to stay or leave Pogo. I am still awaiting more news on how many of the old popular Flash games planned for retirement in March will be brought back as HMTL5 games.

So far only a few of the old games have been announced as being brought back. That is the second major factor in my decision to stay or not. So many of my favorite games are being removed in March.

I would also like to see some of the traditional Pogo site look remain the same at the new Pogo site, rather than eliminating all of it for some totally different look. That is the third major factor for making my decision to stay or not.

With the partially good news that is coming from Pogo, I might keep my membership when it's time for renewal. I'm still waiting for more good news to come before making a final decision on membership renewal. December I just became aware that many pogo games will not be renewed by March I've been a member for 14 years and I don't feel you realize how many customers you will loose.

Many of the subject games I do not play but the one I must protest is the loss of pogo bowl! Your statement that many of us will be disappointed and that is a gross understatement.

So, based on this information, I will NOT renew my account. There was a lot of buzz in the game chat rooms on the day that blog post announced the game retirements. Many people didn't read it but they found out from word of mouth in the chat rooms. The comments were a mixture of shock, anger, disappointment and sadness. Many people said they are afraid they will lose friends who they met and talk to every day here, because so many people were saying they will not be renewing their paid memberships.

What is happening here is more than just disappointing. It's tragic. This is very disappointing, 1st you take away the JP spins and replace it with nothing, now your taking away 43 more games and you say your replacing only 1. Since you knew all this in advanced I think you should of converted all these games. I have been with you for 20 yrs and now I see why you keep playing the horrible 4 challenges over and over each week.

Next your taking away our ability to chat to people. The solution is simple: use a browser that does not take out Flash with an older version of Flash without the disabling timer. There are two easy solutions. Please read it all. You may be worried about downloading random exe and dll files, even from your favorite Flash game site. That's understandable. Go through these steps to verify that they are legit:.

You may have noticed some pages like the Quick Sand games do not even have an empty box for where the game should be. They may be Java. Safari 12 does not support Java or any other plugins anymore, except Flash.