Mozilla Firefox latest to move away from Adobe Flash

A screen displays the logo of the open-source web browser Firefox on July 31, 2009, in London, as the software edges towards it's billionth download within the next twenty four hours. First released in 2004, the browser currently holds around 31 % of the market share with Microsoft's Internet Explorer dominating the field with 60 %. AFP PHOTO/Leon Neal

Mozilla is backing off its support for Adobe's Flash technology in its Firefox browser, the latest slash in Flash's death by a thousand cuts. 

Instead of dropping Flash right away, the open source development organisation will reduce its support for Flash in stages. Sometime next year, Mozilla plans to have Firefox block Flash videos and games by default, requiring users who want to view or play them to click on them to activate them.