

Instead, an image would be displayed that would link to an end-of-life notice from Adobe. The latest Flash plug-ins began blocking playback of content on January 12, 2021. Support by major browser developers, such as Microsoft, was phased out by December 31, 2020. In July 2017, Adobe announced that it would phase out support for Flash Player by the end of 2020. In November 2015, Adobe announced that the next version of the Flash Professional authoring application would be rebranded as Adobe Animate (released in February 2016) to reflect the change of product focus. Developers of third-party web browsers began to blacklist the Flash plug-in by default due to security issues. An Apple engineer later stated that Jobs was offended that Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen would not take his phone calls for what he perceived to be "mere engineering problems". In April 2010, Apple CEO Steve Jobs wrote an open critique of Flash platform to justify his refusal to support the technology on Apple's successful iOS line, which included the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.

New security features to prevent unsafe code from running.Live filters such as blur and drop shadow.Support of GIF and PNG bitmapped images.Macromedia Flash Player 8 (version 8.0.22.0, codenamed Maelstrom) (August 2005).Supports ActionScript 2.0, an Object-Oriented Programming Language for developers.Supports progressive audio and video streaming ( HTTP).Macromedia Flash Player 7 (version 7.0.14.0, codenamed Mojo) (September 2003).Added Sorenson Sparc video codec for Flash Video.Support for screenreaders via Microsoft Active Accessibility.Supports ondemand/live audio and video streaming ( RTMP).Support for the consuming Flash Remoting ( AMF) and Web Service ( SOAP).Macromedia Flash Player 6 (version 6.0.21.0, codenamed Exorcist) (March 2002).Macromedia Flash Player 5 (August 2000).Added alpha transparency, licensed MP3 compression.Mostly vectors and motion, some bitmaps, limited audio.First version developed under Macromedia.Renamed "Flash" by Macromedia, but still contained FutureSplash and FutureWave branding.


Flash Player was previously developed by Macromedia, which Adobe Systems acquired in December 2005.
