Microsoft will start somewhere in 2021 to remove/block Adobe Flash. Also the latest version of Flash pops-up asking if it should be de-install itself. All this is because Flash will see "End-of-Life" by end of 2020.
- https://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-release-windows-10-cumulative-update-kb4577586-which-removes-flash/
- https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/windows-10-has-finally-killed-off-flash-player
Not at the moment, but somewhere next year it will most likely happen, it will stop working next year. Alternative is to use an insecure computer, which not updates anymore. Flash is dead, no longer maintained, and considered unsafe.
So there is definitely a need for a replacement, uploading a file one-by-one is simply not a good solution.
I got this mass-delete/upload tool working (http://community.wikidot.com/blog:wikidot-extension-mass-delete-tool-and-more/comments/show#post-4827147), so it will solve the bulk file uploader using Flash when it will stop working. Downside of this is you have to navigate away from the page you want to upload files to, so although it works great, it's still very user unfriendly…………………….
It still would be a great service if a bulk uploader based on HTML5 would be implemented, especially since Flash will definitely stop working on January 12, 2012 (see: https://www.neowin.net/news/adobe-flash-player-gets-its-last-update-as-support-ends-this-year).
This is what is said about Flash after December 31, 2020……………………..
"Today is the end of the line for Flash, as Adobe has released the last scheduled update for Adobe Flash Player today. As previously announced, Flash Player will be supported through the end of the year, on December 31, but not after that. What's more, Adobe itself will block Flash content from running in Flash Player after January 12, 2021, so you won't be able to use it at all."
As of today the FLASH-based multi-upload does not work anymore, the button will load, but will not respond anymore.
We now need to us single-file uploader again, or the wikidot extension. I really wish there was no need to switch to the sitesettings to upload more than one file to a page. It's very unproductive, although the extension itself is great.
This, using the Wikidot Editor plugin for Chrome, has been working like a charm for a while now. Once in a while little issues, but it worked. Now the plugin is no longer available for Chrome. The developer needs to make a new version.
I managed (don't ask me how) to install a version that I grabbed from a previous PC, and it got loaded but gives an error. Main error-message is that Manifest version: 2 will be deprecated by 2023.
The Greasymonk version for Firefox still works, but I am so used to using Chrome, I do not like to switch browsers just to upload files to wikidot.