Why WP 8.1 Still Not Support Flash?!!

[Joshua Melvin]

If WP has flash that will make developer interested to drop their apps to our store. Microsoft make Windows OS for years make it support flash why in the hell MS couldn't make it happen in WP
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[pdelvo]

Because flash is dead

 

[fwaits]

Even Android dropped Flash officially. You can only get it via custom ROMs and such.

 

[Blacklac]

There's no chance of that until Windows Phone and Windows merge. Even then, who knows. Flash may finally be gone. Lol.

(no hater, I just loaded Flash on my Nexus 7, which replaced a Playbook with Flash.)

 

[hagjohn]

Adobe isn't making flash for phones anymore. The ones you see for Android are old. Wonder how many security issues these old copies have.

 

[camu]

People still use adobe flash player? Is this year 2000?

 

[xandros9]

worth noting virtually no mobile app is done with flash so it isn't much of an incentive for developers.
Flash is pretty much gone, having been dropped by Adobe (for Android) and not being seen in iOS.

 

[ahmadsamhann]

Adobe drop support flash for mobile device. what do you expect? Lol.

 

[WanderingTraveler]

The overhead isn't worth it.

If you're expecting to play flash games on your phone, it'll only strain the servers heavily, largely due to redownloading to the cache over and over again.

 

[herbertsnow]

Flash is pretty much on it's way out for mobile devices. MP4 is where it's at.

 

[herbertsnow]

People still use adobe flash player? Is this year 2000?

Since many websites still use Flash, then yes. People still use Adobe Flash. Big shocker.

 

[TechAbstract]

The IE embedded video player in WP8.1 is actually pretty good. It can play many streaming sites I've been to.

 

[migueli2]

What's flash? That dude that run fast?

 

[Jazmac]

Flash on cell phones was a good idea at the time but has proven to be a power drain and a major hacking risk for malware. Adobe has NOT been able to overcome those vulnerabilities. HTML5 has changed the game anyway.

 

[David Addison]

Three reasons:

1. Battery Life
2. Security
3. Stability

I used to work directly with the product group when the cost (technical and financial) of Flash outweighed its benefits. It wasn't an easy decision to make, but in the end, it was the right one given the amount of effort and testing to support, only to lose significantly in battery life and risk the security and stability of the rest of the OS.

 

[Xes Frawd]

If "Flash is dead" why is there so much content I can't access with my windows phone?

 

[henry.gray]

To me it's not hard to do a quick search on Google which would tell you that Adobe killed Flash support for mobile devices, this is also why old android handsets have it, why the PS3 has it and PS4 doesn't. Only Windows, OS X and Linux has flash support.

 

[cbreze]

I run into sites that occasionally tell me I can't view certain content due to no flash on my WP. I am then referred to the adobe flash site if I want to "update" my system. Of course that site tells me its not supported on my device. Question tho, if flash is dead then what do these sites do to run their stuff? On android I could easily view it, no problem. On WP its a no go. A certain greeting card site comes to mind. Runs fine on android not on WP. I feel left out by MS on this stuff.

 

[k0de]

I run into sites that occasionally tell me I can't view certain content due to no flash on my WP. I am then referred to the adobe flash site if I want to "update" my system. Of course that site tells me its not supported on my device. Question tho, if flash is dead then what do these sites do to run their stuff? On android I could easily view it, no problem. On WP its a no go. A certain greeting card site comes to mind. Runs fine on android not on WP. I feel left out by MS on this stuff.

Your not alone. Same here. But like many mentioned on the thread. It is an Adobe problem for dropping support for mobile flash. Not MSFT.

Hope that the websites that you visit update their code in the near future.

 

[tgp]

It is an Adobe problem for dropping support for mobile flash. Not MSFT.

Indeed. And to be fair to WP, Flash only works on Android via a workaround. It's not officially supported.

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