History of Why do Java, Silverlight, Adobe Acrobat and other plugins no longer work?

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Revision Status S Editor R Comment
Current M AliceWyman Template:flashEOLdesktop
Approved M AliceWyman Flash EOL, link to new article
Approved M AliceWyman removed nonworking link to www.fxsitecompat.com
Approved M ahmetgns Last sentence is now more meaningful.
Approved   PGGWriter Improved article readability (small edits throughout the article to make it easier to understand)
Approved M Joni minor style changes
Approved   AliceWyman Intro: Beginning in -> Since (minor)
Reviewed M hoosteeno Add section about updating.
Approved   anonymous Flash Player, not just Flash
Approved M AliceWyman Intro: added note about Widevine, OpenH264
Approved M anonymous Because OpenH264 and Widevine NPAPI plugins still load in Firefox, and they still work.
Approved   AliceWyman small edits to search summary; minor edit to Intro.
Approved   Wesley Branton US spelling fix (Firefox docs are written in US spelling)
Approved M Joni removed recommendation to download ESR
Approved M AliceWyman updated warning to include loss of browsing history (bug 1416506)
Approved M AliceWyman combined {for not fx52} and {for fx52} info; other edits based on bug 1410669
Approved   Artist for not fx52: support has ended (instead will end) in March 2017
Approved M AliceWyman {for fx55} warning: downgrade to 52 ESR can cause profile issues. See discussion,
Approved M AliceWyman added "Important: ..." paragraph for Windows users who need Java or other plugins to download 32-bit Firefox ESR, based on Lithium's updated article
Approved   AliceWyman Better blog link for Web APIs
Approved M AliceWyman edits to Intro
Approved M AliceWyman reworded warning for not fx52
Approved M Joni reverted Alice's edit (with {for not fx52} note)
Approved M AliceWyman reverted last revision and linkified "plugins" instead (see discusson)
Approved M AliceWyman content of PluginSupportEOL template added for not fx52
Approved MT Joni new in-product link article

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