Flash websites - Dead or what?

I had made so many Flash websites with Flash 5 and then a few years ago tried to load them up, and new Flash players wouldn't play them right. Buttons linked outside of the frame failed to work, navigation was a total disaster. I don't know why, i guess they changed the code or something, but none of my old websites work anymore and it really made creating a portfolio site showcasing my work into a non-deal.

Is there some kind of code or something you can put it in run the Flash player in classic mode or something? The idea of rebuilding these sites with the newer Action Script does NOT sound like a good time.

maybe try http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/

thats assuming the problem is with the outdated embed code in the html and not the outdated actionscript in the file

Just to be clear, Adobe has axed Flash for mobile devices but is keeping on with development on the PC version. But I doubt there'll be much developers writing for Flash anymore given that smartphones and iPads/tablets won't be albe to access it.

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Adobe ending Flash support at the end of 2020
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Adobe to kill off Flash plug-in by 2020

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Flash will still work on the websites that still employ it as long as you don't update your browser... ... ... ... ... .. ... Right?

Need to get Brian Blessed in to say "Flash is Dead!!"

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yes, it should; but pinning a browser is a real pain. I just oversaw a project at work that involved updating the UI of an internal tool to remove all the flash (they built it in flash/flex for some goddamned reason a few years ago) and one of the proposals to avoid doing this was pinning browsers for an entire internal team (which was deemed a security risk and also an incredible pain in the ass so we didn't do it)

Our banner ad service runs on Flash. Finally - like in November - they let us know they've got an HTML5 version going. Checked it out and it looks like Cyberpunk 1877. Emailed a dozen items wrong with it to them, and they were like, "say. Maybe keep an old copy of Firefox on hand just in case, dig?"

gotta love it when "s/w of the future" is buried.
i used to work for a s/w house that decided to rebuild their main market leading product in silverlight.
no sooner was it good to go when MS pulled the plug.
a rewrite in HTML literally killed the company as replicating the functionality in HTML5 proved to be very costly
- and took years of development costs hence several takeovers/redundancies (hello) etc.
in fact, the HTML5 version i believe still has nowhere near the depth as the original silverlight version, meaning that there are customers still using old browsers just for their application.

We had our entire training course for Pension on Flash. We knew about the deadline all year. Although we came close to creating a new Flashless version, we didn't quite finish in time.

Given that we have multiple partner sites who may have newer versions of Firefox since we can't control their software, really hope nobody needs to take the course til Feb

Thanks for using Adobe Flash Player. We're proud that Flash had a key role in evolving web content across animation, interactivity, audio, and video -- and we're excited to help lead the next era of digital experiences.

Flash spam, sorry.

Flash and the Spam.