Sick of this: Why isn't Flash player working?

Sorry for this post, but I'm tired.

I have Linux/Ubuntu.
I am using FireFox.

A few weeks ago trying to view .swf in firefox has resulted in just nothing. Not a blank black nothing or a white nothing, just transparent where the player is supposed to be. Nothing is there.

Any way to fix this?

BTW, when Flash used to work it was a sluggish slide-show. It would be nice to see flash work as it was intended, on WinXP it's as smooth and fast as can be.

Thank you.

 

As far as i know is the fact flash has departed in most browsers.
Except Opera i think and old Internet Explorer versions.

EDIT:
I think Safari too.

 

Firefox no longer has the old Netscape plugin APIs that Flash Player requires. Chrome has it's own built-in Flash Player plugin for now so if you really need flash then that's the browser to use. Chromium does *not* have a Flash plugin and never will.

 

Using flash in 2019? It was old to use in 2015-2016. Doesn't standalone flash player work for those who really need it?

 

Lots of places (animations and games) require flash-player. FireFox is the browser I use.

There are still sites where you can download Flash for FireFox. I have Flash installed and updated on this system (at least that is what the Terminal tells me).

I D/L-ed the stand-alone Flash Player program, but I have to D/L the
individual .swf file from the website to play it which is very inconvenient.

Edit:

Here is someone with the exact problem (2017): https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2390707

The staff at the adobe forums are still helping people with Flash and FireFox as of 2019 it seems.

It must be some kind of update bug. All I can do is wait until it fixes itself I guess.
Thx.

 

Flash is terminally ill. It will be dead within 2 years (by the end of 2020 according to Adobe).

 

Some file hosters use flash, without it download link won't be provided.

 

They have less than 2 years to rewrite their services before they cease being usable.
Or you have less than 2 years to find a hosting service that's already abandoned Flash.
However you want to look at it.

 

Yeah the transition will be faster when its near its EOL.

 

Then what happens to all the sites with your favorite animation or flash games??

Stupid companies moving away from things the user wants (Ex: M$ with WinXP).

 

They have a choice:
Option 1: They can convert to open Web standards: HTML5, WebGL and WebAssembly.
Option 2: They can stop working.

 

How does one convert their work they made for flash into the mentioned formats? Better be pretty easy.

 

Beats me. I expect there are conversion tools available, or they can recompile their sources into something supportable.