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2005

2007

2002

1996

YouTube defaults to HTML5 over Flash, citing that HTML5 supports more devices.

2017

Adobe announces plans to end Flash in 2020.

The first Homestuck update is published by creator Andrew Hussie.

The iPhone is released-- without Flash integration.

The precursor to Flash, SmartSketch, is published.

The iPad is released without Flash.

FutureSplash is acquired by Macromedia and re-branded as Macromedia Flash.

Flash begins supporting video.

Macromedia is acquired by Adobe Systems. YouTube is created and popularizes Flash.

1993

TIMELINE ADOBE FLASH

1995

SmartSketch becomes FutureSplash, an animation tool.

2010

2015

2009

2016

2020

Adobe stops supporting Flash in December.

The final Homestuck update is released as an HTML5 video.

Firefox and Chrome stop supporting Flash in December and January respectively. Safari stopped supporting it in September.

JavaScript is favored by Apple, but Flash is still used all over the internet.

Around the same time, popular websites like Newgrounds, Neopets, Club Penguin, Kongregate, and others become inseparable from Flash.

The same year, YouTube adds mobile-friendly non-Flash options to ship their video app with the iPhone.

Flash becomes part of Adobe's Creative Suite, which includes software like Photoshop and Premiere.

Smartsketch was a graphics editing software with some animation capabilities. These were later expanded upon as the software developed and became more popular.

The words "Future" and "Splash" were combined to make the new name, "Flash."