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    Lightbulb Flash, Neopets, and You

    AKA - No, It's Not the End of the World (Really)


    Are you worried about how the inevitable demise of Flash will impact you? Never fear, for ever since Adobe (you need an account to see links) they would stop distributing and updating Flash Player, we have been seeing topics where people expressed their concerns since so much on Neopets.com still (as of this writing, October 2020) relies on Flash to function for the ideal user experience.

    And ever since July 2017, we have been assuring people that it would be okay and that the world was not ending. But as we have drawn closer to (you need an account to see links), the closest to a "drop dead date" that Flash has, concerns have escalated.

    We elected to gather the best answers from around the forum from our previous "don't panic, it will be OK" messages, and provide them here to try to ease your mind.

    Please review these and drink a nice cup of hot tea or hot chocolate or maybe a glass of wine, whatever it is you imbibe when you're trying to wind down from a stressful day. This too shall pass.


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    Overall Reminder

    From @(you need an account to see links):
    Flash does not self-destruct and cease to exist on December 1 or December 31. Adobe is discontinuing support for it, and future versions of browsers will likely stop running the plugin. This doesn't mean that the Neopets site itself is going to stop working. Assuming that you continue to use a version of your favorite browser that supports the Flash plugin, then you've got nothing to worry about.

    Until Neopets completely removes Flash components from their site, using a browser that still has flash functionality (see Technical Stuff) will allow any Flash content to function as expected/"normal."
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    CK Specific

    Userscripts by Bat, RealisticError, and Nyu are certain to be updated very soon after any changes that TNT makes to the main Neopets site to accommodate Flash's retirement.
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    Scoresenders can be made for HTML5, so there's no reason to fear that the absence of flash will diminish your ability to SS in whatever games TNT converts.
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    CK's programmers will be updating programs like MajinSS when Flash is no longer utilized in Neopets games.
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    Technical Stuff

    If you're concerned that your browser will automatically update and remove support for the Flash plugin, then I'd recommend taking a look at the (you need an account to see links) list of portable internet browsers. This site offers you the ability to run your favorite browsers without having to install them. This would allow you to keep your installed browser up to date while still playing Neopets in the last version of that browser which supported the Flash plugin. - from @(you need an account to see links) [(you need an account to see links)]

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    - Microsoft browsers will uninstall flash extensions in a Windows update "(you need an account to see links)."
    - Chromium-based browsers (Google Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi, Epic, Brave, Chromium, Blisk, Yandex) will be "marked as out of date and blocked from loading...(you need an account to see links)." This is targeted for Chrome (you need an account to see links).
    - Firefox will completely remove flash support "(you need an account to see links)."
    - Safari version 14 for will no longer load flash player or play flash content; released for macOS in "(you need an account to see links)."

    All of these activities have the caveat that they apply to the most recent or current versions of the browsers in question, and naturally the ability to download new installations of Flash from Adobe. If your computer has an older browser version that you prevent from updating... Well. �\_(ツ)_/�
    - from @(you need an account to see links) [(you need an account to see links)]

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    More Technical Stuff - Proceed at your own risk with EXTREME CAUTION [New(ish)]

    If you desire to force your internet browser to NOT update and block flash content automatically, here are some helpful links.

    You should be fully aware that doing this will cause you to be subject to increased risk on the internet at large. You should only permit Flash content to run on Neopets, DTI, JN, etc.

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    JANUARY 12 2021 UPDATE [Newest, and kinda technical again]

    It does appear that regardless of any attempts we plebs have made to circumvent the banishment of Flash via preventing browser updates, Adobe itself is unplugging its plugin (as @(you need an account to see links) put it) remotely as of today.

    Some users have reported success with re-enabling Flash when rolling back their system clock, but this will have unintended consequences such as producing invalid security certificates for other websites, and potentially opening you up to your system being compromised in unforeseen ways. Proceed at your own risk.

    As usual, we are pondering ways around this, as we know the site is but a shadow of a shadow of itself without its Flash content. For the moment, I do not have any other new solutions to pose to you however. ♥

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    In conclusion, we'll get through this together. No doom and gloom and no panic.

    Neopia will still be here tomorrow, and we'll still be around to make it easier to play the way you want to play.

    Thanks!
    Last edited by PrettySarcastic; 01-12-2021 at 01:46 PM.

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