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end of life for adobe flash and shockwave

Mary
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I use facebook games and words with friends mostly what happens when Flash and shockwave end. How will we be able to play facebook and other games. is there and add on for this in Firefox and all other browsers? I love words with friend and I use many other games both paid for and non wil i be able to use them when adobe flash and shockwave are done

I use facebook games and words with friends mostly what happens when Flash and shockwave end. How will we be able to play facebook and other games. is there and add on for this in Firefox and all other browsers? I love words with friend and I use many other games both paid for and non wil i be able to use them when adobe flash and shockwave are done

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James
James
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The Shockwave Player has already been discontinued April 9, 2019 https://helpx.adobe.com/shockwave/shockwave-end-of-life-faq.html and Adobe is completely ending all support of their Flash Player (old name Shockwave Flash) at end of 2020.

Most websites have since transitioned to using say HTML5 for video, audio and even games in the last few years which also makes for more cross platform of devices compared to the limited Flash support of devices.

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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It looks like game developers need to replace all their Flash games with HTML5-based games by Dec. 31st according to Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/fbgaminghome/blog/flash-end-of-life-approaching-options-for-developers

Zynga has announced that FarmVille will shut down.

https://zyngasupport.helpshift.com/a/farmville/?s=announcements&f=farmville-flash-player-update

However, I didn't find an announcement about Words with Friends, so that suggests they plan to keep it going. Cross your fingers!