However, as browsers improved, and starte d to sue open standards like HTML5, WebGL, and WebAssembly among others, Flash fell by the wayside as the dominant way to provide interactivity. It was embraced as it offered more options to web developers and media creators than HTML, animated GIFs, and other basic technologies of the time. Here's how to get rid of the relic from an older Internet browsing era.įlash was a major element of early web browsing, used to power various animations, forms, and other interactive elements on a website for a user.
It's 2021, and Adobe is no longer supporting the Flash Player, so it's about time you uninstalled it from your Mac.