Released in September 2016, Chrome 53 blocked Flash by default.
An improved BroadcastChannel API permits one-to-many messaging between windows, tabs and iframes-useful for complex web apps that use multiple windows/tabs. “HTML5 is much lighter and faster, and publishers are switching over to speed up page loading and save you more battery life,” said the search firm.Ĭhrome 54 also provides support for the custom elements V1 spec which lets web developers create custom HTML tags and define their API/behavior in JavaScript.
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TUTORIAL: How to remove Adobe Flash from your Mac Last evening saw the release of Chrome 54 for Mac, Windows and Linux which continues on Google’s mission to ditch Flash in favor of HTML5: the new version replaces old Flash-based YouTube embeds on websites with HTML5.Īs VentureBeat notes, the old Flash-based YouTube embeds still exist all over the web, but Chrome 54 now takes care of that. Chrome 54 also implements 21 security fixes.Ĭhrome 54 for Android and iOS are on their way.Ĭhanging how Chrome handles YouTube embeds has strengthened Chrome’s security while de-emphasizing Flash in favor of HTML5 has allowed engineers to improve its responsiveness, efficiency and power consumption for many websites.
Google stopped using Adobe Flash for YouTube’s desktop video player back in January 2016, replacing it with an HTML5 counterpart that doesn’t require any special browser plug-in to function.
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