Google's Chrome, Google Inc.'s new Web browser, is displayed on a laptop. (Photo : Getty Images/Alexander Hassenstein)
Google Chrome is planning to remove Adobe Flash from their platform this year. The browser will be using HTML5 to replace the software on December.
Chrome team Flash curator LaForge wrote on their official blog they are planning to remove the software due to its numerous bugs, and security flaws. They are committed to removing the multimedia-friendly tool by 2017.
By next month, Google Chrome 53 will start to block the majority of the web's Flash, which is more than 90 percent on the Internet today, explained LaForge. In December, the team will use HTML5 as a replacement for Chrome 55 and it will become the default for displaying media on web pages. For websites that only support Flash will require the web surfer's permission to run it.
In Sept. 2015, the team did something similar to the Adobe media software, said LaForge. The content with Flash software became click-to-play with Chrome 42. This change had an immediate and positive result for their users, which improved their page load times and saved battery power for different devices.
LaForge said that they recognize Adobe's software for helping out in making the Internet a livelier place. He pointed out that the software has played an important role in the adoption of video, gaming, and animation on the web. He added that the time for new technology to replace the old ones has come.
LaForge revealed that HTML5 will be a better video, gaming, and animation software for their internet browser. It offers improved security, faster page load times, and reduced power consumption for the PC. He added that the only change the browsers would notice is a safer and more efficient browsing experience.
The development team will continue to work with Adobe to make sure the users will have a fast and secure web experience. They will also work together with them to make the web transition to HTML5 faster.
In other related news, the new version of Apple's Safari also did a similar plan for removing Flash from their browser. Apple software engineer Ricky Mondello wrote on the official blog of Webkit that Safari users will now always experience the modern HTML5 implementation. He added that this will deliver improved performance and battery life.
Check out the internet browser's reveal trailer video below:
