If Flash goes away, what will happen to the courses we already created? Will they stop working properly? Articulate's best features rely heavily on Flash.
Thanks for reaching out here - and our team is currently doing some testing in Firefox and talking about this issue. We'll have additional information for folks soon.
We'll try to hit all the threads where it has been asked, but you can always check into our Support articles here as that is where additional information is posted - and depending on the outcome there may a broader post from someone from our Product Development team.
If you're using Firefox, you may find that your Articulate content doesn't launch as expected. You may see a message that the Flash plugin is vulnerable and has been blocked.
I'm starting to get nervous about the issue the Brooke raised above as well. Could you please let us know what the plan is at Articulate to address the eventual demise of Flash? Over the years we've created hundreds of modules in Presenter, SL1 and now SL2. I'm starting to get questions from our users about the plan and don't have a good answer.
I know this is a big question, and I'm not looking for the complete answer just yet, but I would like to hear from Articulate that this is being addressed and when we might expect some guidance.
Currently you can export your course with HTML5 and take the HTML5 version instead of the story.html version, and name the HTML5 version as index.html. This way no one will get the Flash version and every user will get the HTML5 version.
I don't do this yet, but I created a project for Facebook, and the HTML5 version was great on My Iphone, so I bet it would be okay on FireFox that blocks Flash, and other pc/mac browsers.
Does HTML5 do everything that Flash does in Storyline? If not, is there a list of what to avoid? Also, the only browser that Articulate authorizes for Storyline HTML5 is Chrome. For some reason Firefox (which we use) is not authorized.
The following article compares the Articulate Storyline features that are supported in Flash, HTML5, and the Articulate Mobile Player app (AMP). We recommend using this article during the planning and development stages of your e-learning projects for the best results in the environments you're targeting.
Thank you, Leslie. It looks like all the animations, transitions, and important triggers work. That means I don't have to design differently to prepare for the future.
(BTW, the page's "Hover over highlighted cells for additional notes" feature appears to be broken. I tried both Firefox and Chrome.)
The hover feature you mention is only for those marked in 'yellow'. They seem to be working fine for me. Hover like 2 seconds longer than you would think ;)
Hi Leslie - I don't want to lose the original focus of this thread. Could you please let us know what Articulate is doing to address the changes in Flash use? I would greatly appreciate it.
Hi Steve! I'm sure that I am not the correct one to address this question, but will share your question/concerns with the team and hopefully report back soon.
Hey Steve! Well, fast response, but unfortunately not much more information to offer outside of what Ashley shared above. Our team is aware (and working hard) and we do have the HTML5 publishing/support now. As you can see in the comparison doc I shared above the specs are matching up much better through the updates.
We will be sure to keep you informed via the forums, blogs, and articles here on our site. I am sure you are aware we do not release timelines or product roadmaps in advance, so stay tuned.
We're primarily an IE shop where I work, except overseas. Not too much worry for us as far as Flash goes in the near future, but nonetheless we put in place some best practice publishing guidelines for the last year and a half where we publish everything out of Storyline for both Flash and HTML5. This way, if we should ever arrive at a day where Flash is truly dead, a lot of our older content should still be functional, if not completely fully functional.
Because much of what we publish out of Storyline goes into our LMS, we never publish for the Articulate Mobile player.
Hi everyone, any update on this Articulate folks? I see that Google Chrome will stop supporting Flash by the end of this year. Will the coming release for Storyline address this issue?
I don't have any new information to share from the Articulate side of things, but once we do we'll be updating folks in discussions such as this one. Thanks Christoph for sharing that article as well.
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Hi Brooke,
Thanks for reaching out here - and our team is currently doing some testing in Firefox and talking about this issue. We'll have additional information for folks soon.
Sweet. Should I subscribe to this forum or will the findings be posted elsewhere?
Hi Peter,
We'll try to hit all the threads where it has been asked, but you can always check into our Support articles here as that is where additional information is posted - and depending on the outcome there may a broader post from someone from our Product Development team.
Stay tuned. :)
Hi all,
If you're using Firefox, you may find that your Articulate content doesn't launch as expected. You may see a message that the Flash plugin is vulnerable and has been blocked.
Firefox blocked Flash Player versions 18.0.0.194 to 18.0.0.203 by default for security reasons.
The good news is you have several options to solve or work around this issue as described here.
I'm starting to get nervous about the issue the Brooke raised above as well. Could you please let us know what the plan is at Articulate to address the eventual demise of Flash? Over the years we've created hundreds of modules in Presenter, SL1 and now SL2. I'm starting to get questions from our users about the plan and don't have a good answer.
I know this is a big question, and I'm not looking for the complete answer just yet, but I would like to hear from Articulate that this is being addressed and when we might expect some guidance.
Thank you.
Steve
Currently you can export your course with HTML5 and take the HTML5 version instead of the story.html version, and name the HTML5 version as index.html. This way no one will get the Flash version and every user will get the HTML5 version.
I don't do this yet, but I created a project for Facebook, and the HTML5 version was great on My Iphone, so I bet it would be okay on FireFox that blocks Flash, and other pc/mac browsers.
Just a thought.
Does HTML5 do everything that Flash does in Storyline? If not, is there a list of what to avoid? Also, the only browser that Articulate authorizes for Storyline HTML5 is Chrome. For some reason Firefox (which we use) is not authorized.
Hi John!
The following article compares the Articulate Storyline features that are supported in Flash, HTML5, and the Articulate Mobile Player app (AMP). We recommend using this article during the planning and development stages of your e-learning projects for the best results in the environments you're targeting.
Thank you, Leslie. It looks like all the animations, transitions, and important triggers work. That means I don't have to design differently to prepare for the future.
(BTW, the page's "Hover over highlighted cells for additional notes" feature appears to be broken. I tried both Firefox and Chrome.)
Glad to hear it John.
The hover feature you mention is only for those marked in 'yellow'. They seem to be working fine for me. Hover like 2 seconds longer than you would think ;)
Hi Leslie - I don't want to lose the original focus of this thread. Could you please let us know what Articulate is doing to address the changes in Flash use? I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you.
Steve
Hi Steve! I'm sure that I am not the correct one to address this question, but will share your question/concerns with the team and hopefully report back soon.
Hey Steve! Well, fast response, but unfortunately not much more information to offer outside of what Ashley shared above. Our team is aware (and working hard) and we do have the HTML5 publishing/support now. As you can see in the comparison doc I shared above the specs are matching up much better through the updates.
We will be sure to keep you informed via the forums, blogs, and articles here on our site. I am sure you are aware we do not release timelines or product roadmaps in advance, so stay tuned.
We're primarily an IE shop where I work, except overseas. Not too much worry for us as far as Flash goes in the near future, but nonetheless we put in place some best practice publishing guidelines for the last year and a half where we publish everything out of Storyline for both Flash and HTML5. This way, if we should ever arrive at a day where Flash is truly dead, a lot of our older content should still be functional, if not completely fully functional.
Because much of what we publish out of Storyline goes into our LMS, we never publish for the Articulate Mobile player.
Hi everyone, any update on this Articulate folks? I see that Google Chrome will stop supporting Flash by the end of this year. Will the coming release for Storyline address this issue?
Most people will ignore the request to allow flash, i expect they will have the HTML5 version delivered on desktop
COMPLETELY agree with this. Hopefully developers are testing the HTML5 version of their content when preparing to launch courses.
Hi Frances,
I don't have any new information to share from the Articulate side of things, but once we do we'll be updating folks in discussions such as this one. Thanks Christoph for sharing that article as well.
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