Tech giant Google has announced that its flagship Internet browser Google Chrome will phase out its support for Adobe's Flash Player by the fourth quarter of this year. This move is part of Google's strategy to promote HTML5 and provide users with a more streamlined experience when using Chrome.

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Google has dubbed its plan "HTML5 by Default." The tech giant noted that Chrome browsers will still continue to ship with Adobe Flash Player. However, Flash Player will no longer be advertised as the default platform to deliver web content. Google said that Adobe Flash will continue to work on ten white-listed websites.

These white-listed websites were picked due to their popularity. Some of these sites are Amazon, Twitch, and a handful of Russian websites like Yandex, Vk.com, and Mail.ru.

According to Google, when opened with Chrome, any website that supports HTML5 will use the platform by default. For websites that require Flash Player, a prompt will pop-up at the top part of the webpage when the user first visits the site. The prompt will ask users whether to give the Flash Player permission to run on the website.

In a statement, Google said, "If the user accepts, Chrome will advertise the presence of Flash Player and refresh the page." The tech giant added that the user's choice would be used for subsequent visits to the same website. This is to make sure that the pop-ups do not reappear every time a user tries to access the same domain.

Many other major tech companies have already expressed their plans to drop support for Flash. Among these companies are Microsoft, Apple, and Mozilla. Back in 2015, Facebook security chief Alex Stamos confirmed that the social networking giant will drop support for Flash and instead use HTML5 on its platform.

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