Flash has been difficult to maintain, with new security issues constantly appearing.

However, in reality many sites are still relying on this old technology. With the arrival of HTML5, all major web browsers have been moving towards the removal of support for NPAPI plugins, due to security issues.īecause of security issues, many browsers have decided to drop Flash. The technology is somewhat obsolete, asit was first developed for Netscape browsers in 1995, but was subsequently adopted by other browsers. What is NPAPI plugin? Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) is an application programming interface, or shortly API designed to allow the development of browser plugins. The thorough of Flash is possible due to the collaborative efforts between many technology companies, such as Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla. Mozilla is “working with other browsers to progressively and carefully make Flash usage less common”. In fact, other browsers are going through the same transition as well. The last remaining NPAPI plugin, Adobe Flash, has announced an end-of-life plan.

NPAPI plugins are an obsolete technology, and Mozilla has been moving toward a Web which doesn’t need plugins. Plugins are a security and performance problem for Firefox users. Why is Mozilla implementing this change?Īccording to Plugin Roadmap for Firefox, the main reason is security: This change is going to happen by December 2020. Mozilla has decided to drop support for Flash for the Firefox browser.

Firefox flash plugin road map