Chrome to "Integrate" Flash

[Edward Craig]

Off-topic, but one must wonder does Google want Flash in Android?

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:30 PM, Michael Haney <thezorch at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://blog.chromium.org/2010/03/bringing-improved-support-for-adobe.html
>
> This is big news, especially for the Linux world.  Google has forged a
> deal with Adobe that will allow them to "integrate" Flash Player
> technology natively into the Chrome browser and Google Chrome OS!
> Their aim is to greatly improve Flash performance, which is
> desperately needed for Linux users, and greatly improve security on
> pages that use Flash.
>
> Flash updates would come through the Chrome browser updates rather
> than users needing to download updates manually.  For Ubuntu users
> likely this will come via official Google Chrome PPAs.  The blog also
> said that they're working with Mozilla, so its possible we'll see this
> technology make it into future releases of Firefox.  Perhaps, Firefox
> 4, the highly anticipated release which will be a paradigm shift for
> the browser.
>
> The Google Chrome OS angle I see as a direct dig at Apple.  There are
> some Chrome OS tablets in development and Google may be working on one
> themselves.  The iPad and iPhone don't support Flash due to claims
> that its unstable and a security risk.  This move by Google pretty
> much makes those arguments a moot point.
>
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