

It was a common format for web games, animations, multimedia, and interface elements embedded in web pages. It was distributed all through this time as a freeware, gaining its popularity and acquiring a large user base. It started as a simple animation software back in 2005 – the beginning of the internet era – and helped to shape the Web as we know it today. After the End-of-Life date – Decem– Adobe stops issuing Flash Player updates as well as security patches and starts blocking any content from running in Flash Player beginning Janudue to the user safety issues.
