Eminyakeni yakamuva, ubuchwepheshe be-Adobe's Flash sebuphenduke ikhanda njalo enkampanini ebuye ibe ngemuva kweFotohop. Isoftware ebidingeka ukukhiqiza okuqukethwe ngale ndlela ibingaphansi kwenani elikhulu lokugxekwa ngonyaka owedlule ngenxa yenani elikhulu lobuthakathaka eliguqule ikhompyutha yethu, noma ngabe yi-PC noma iMac, yaba idreyini yabangane babanye, okuyinto kumphoqe ukuthi akhiphe izibuyekezo ezintsha kaninginingi ngokufaka amapeshi afanayo, kodwa ngokushesha kwatholakala ezintsha. I-Adobe isanda kumemezela ukuthi ngo-2020 izoyeka ukuxhasa lobu buchwepheshe.
I-Adobe iphoqeleke ukuthi ibulale unomphela iFlash ngenxa yokuthi iziphequluli ezinkulu ezinjengeChannel, Firefox, Edge neSafari ziqale ukuvimba konke okuqukethwe okudalwe ngale ndlela, ukuze kwenziwe ngesandla kuphela nangokucela komsebenzisi okuqukethwe kungakhiqizwa kabusha. Esitatimendeni se-Adobe singafunda:
Sizoyeka ukuxhasa nokusabalalisa iFlash Player ekupheleni kuka-2020, ngakho-ke sicela ngomusa abadali bokuqukethwe baqale ukuthuthela okuqukethwe kwabo ngale ndlela baye kwezinye izinketho ezitholakala emakethe.
Njengamanje inani elikhulu lamawebhusayithi wokudlala, anokuqukethwe kwezemfundo ngisho namavidiyo asebenzisa iFlash, kepha ngaphambi kuka-2020 azophoqeleka ukuthi asebenzise ezinye izinketho, phakathi kwazo okuyi-HTML 5, indinganiso entsha esetshenziswa kuwo wonke amakhasi e-web nokuthi iyahambisana nazo zonke iziphequluli ezitholakala emakethe.
Ngalolu limi ungakha uhlobo olufanayo lokuqukethwe njengobuchwepheshe beFlash, kepha ngesisindo esiphansi kakhulu, okungukuthi ivumela amakhasi ewebhu ukuthi alayishe ngokushesha okukhulu, okukhipha ibhethri lamadivayisi lapho isebenza khona, esinye sezizathu ezinkulu i-iOS ayikaze isekele iFlash.