{"id":506991,"date":"2010-04-02T19:57:16","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T23:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/?p=7174"},"modified":"2010-04-02T19:57:16","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T23:57:16","slug":"google%e2%80%99s-chrome-will-auto-update-flash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/506991","title":{"rendered":"Google\u2019s Chrome will auto-update Flash"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m never really a fan of auto-updates of any sort, but the majority of computer users really need the convenience and out-of-sight\/out-of-mind safety of auto-updates. Chrome is the first browser to automatically push updates for Adobe Flash to users<\/a>. Probably a good thing in the long run, and doesn’t change my thought that Chrome is the best browser by a long shot. If you haven’t tried it, you owe it to yourself to give it a shot — even if you’re a dedicated Firefox user.<\/p>\n

From the link:<\/p>\n

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Adobe’s (ADBE<\/a>) new partnership with\u00a0Google<\/a> will keep Internet users safer because Chrome will automatically update Flash Player without asking users, an Adobe director of engineering said.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the two companies announced that\u00a0Google would include Adobe’s Flash Player<\/a> in downloads of Chrome starting with the rough-around-the-edges builds of the browser’s “dev” channel.\u00a0Google<\/a> will also employ Chrome’s auto-updater to push Flash fixes to users without notifying them or asking them to approve the download.<\/p>\n

The integration, particularly the automatic updating of Adobe’s plug-in, is a first for a browser maker.<\/p>\n

“If you want to have a safe experience, updates should just happen in the background,” said Peter Betlem, senior director of Flash Player engineering.<\/p>\n

Unlike other browsers, Chrome updates itself automatically in the background without asking for permission or prompting users that\u00a0security<\/a> fixes or new features are available. The practice, which Google (GOOG<\/a>) debuted alongside Chrome in\u00a0September 2008<\/a> , riled some users initially, but the criticism soon faded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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