Thank you for taking away 70% of the content for my classroom. Please bring back flash

[Drek0101]

Approximately 60-70% of the Science simulations to run on Flash.  Simulations are more important than ever because I cannot be in front of a classroom to illustrate difficult concepts.

Taking away flash in the middle of a pandemic, where many teachers have to teach remote, was a horrible thing to do.. Could you have at least waited until the end of the pandemic?   I (and most science teachers) rely on the simulations as a tool to help my students learn.  Taking away a giant percentage of the resources for education is just mean.  I would gladly pay a fee if it is all about $.

[thatsmauri · Accepted solution]

While it's unfortunate that your work is hindered by the absence of Flash, the end date of the Flash Player has already been announced back in 2017. Developers of Flash-based apps had enough time to migrate to viable alternatives.

I don't know what Science simulation software you use, but it may be worth contacting the developer of said software and ask them what their plans are.

You - or your school - may also want to get in touch with Adobe's official partner HARMAN:
» https://services.harman.com/partners/adobe

[_maria_]

In addition to what OP said, browser vendors are deprecating Flash Player support.  For details specific to each vendor, please refer to:

• Microsoft Internet Edge and Internet Explorer
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari - removed support in Safari 14, released Sept 16, 2020
• Google Chrome - removed support in Chrome 88, released Jan 19, 2021

For enterprises dependent on Flash Player, please refer to the Enterprise end-of-life FAQ: 

• https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/enterprise-end-of-life.html

Technical details can be found in the Flash Player Admin Guide, including Enterprise Enablement support: 

• https://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/flash_player_admin_guide.html

[jeromiec83223024]

Thanks for your valuable feedback.

Honestly, there's also just a huge amount of high-quality STEM resources online at this point in 2021.  There's obviously work involved in seeking them out and adapting your lesson plans, but YouTube, Khan Academy and peer-to-peer educator resources would be great starting points. 

As others have pointed out, you (and the content providers you currently rely on) have had since 2017 to migrate to new resources or create alternative content.

Depending on your requirements and budget, there are Enterprise options available for licensing supported versions of Flash Player for an organization through our partner HARMAN, and they also have expertise in migrating Flash content to standalone desktop applications.  Those options are very much not free, but if your program is well-resourced, that may be an option (finding alternative content would very likely be much more cost-effective). 

Hope that helps!

[Guest]

If you are able to download the simulations as swf files, it might be possible to use an standalone external player.