Because we know ourselves flash We could watch different content and play games with it.

But then suddenly he disappeared.

Adobe Flash Player, which we use in animations, browser games and various content, was completely discontinued at the end of 2020.

This software, which is on everyone’s computer, was available to almost all internet users. The internet is growing rapidly Previously, file types did not work effectively in the browsers of the day.

As a solution to this, the concept of the plug-in, which we all know, was created. The plugins did not work independently on computers and were not very useful. To radically solve these problems, we must add Adobe Flash player got involved.

FutureWave, founded in 1993 by Charlie Jackson, Jonathan Gay and Michelle Welsh, developed a drawing application called SmartSketch.

SmartSketchIt used vector graphics, similar to the current SVG format, and could create images of the same quality on different screen sizes. However, when PenPoint failed, the application was ported to Windows and Mac systems. It was later renamed FutureSplash Animator in 1995, with added animation features.

That same year, Adobe turned down the opportunity to acquire FutureWave. In 1996, the FutureSplash Player plugin was released. This software runs content created with FutureSplash Animator and is owned by Macromedia. Shockwave player competed with.

FutureSplash is used on the websites of major companies such as Microsoft and Disney.

Macromedia acquired FutureSplash and the software later became the basis for the Flash platform. The famous Adobe Flash was created in 1996, when Macromedia bought FutureWave and renamed it “Flash”. First used for animation and web-based content, Flash attracted widespread attention with viral projects such as “Frog in a Blender” and in the same period “Pico’s schoolFlash games such as ” have been ported to NewGrounds, one of the popular gaming platforms on the Internet.

In the early 2000s, Flash made it possible to develop more complex and high-quality games and applications with ActionScript support. Since YouTube started hosting videos with Flash in 2005, most Internet users flash uploaded it to their computers.

In 2005, Adobe acquired Macromedia for $3.4 billion and brought Flash under its umbrella.

Flash is about to be adapted for mobile devices Flash Lite introduced its application. However, a major turning point occurred in 2007, when Apple launched the iPhone. iPhone did not offer Flash support. Therefore, YouTube videos could not be viewed. Then Google converted the videos to H.264 format so as not to lose iPhone users.

In 2010, Steve Jobs surprisingly announced that Flash would not be allowed to run on iOS devices, drawing attention to Flash’s security and performance issues. When mobile versions of Flash were huge disappointments Adobe canceled Flash Player for mobile devices in 2011.

The real turning point happened with the rise of HTML5.

HTML5 could perform many of Flash’s functions without the need for an additional plugin. In 2015, YouTube abandoned Flash completely and switched to an HTML5-based video player. If on December 31, 2020 Adoberendering Flash Player completely dysfunctional, modern web browsers began blocking Flash content.

However Flash shows ads in some countries, such as China and is still used for purposes such as collecting personal data. Additionally, Flash content is still accessible thanks to the Flashpoint project, which was developed to preserve old Flash games.

People who have quietly disappeared from our lives due to the pandemic Flash playerThus it took its place on the dusty pages of history.

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