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Agree! I use Firefox on my desktop and the flash plugin constantly crashes. This week Firefox and Chrome disabled flash completely for a period due to security worries. Everyone else thinks Flash is dead. When are you going to replace it??
when i try to look at the second sleep screen it shows that i must download adobeflash to my laptop.i dont want adobe on my computer for security reasons[flash has been hacked lately]. i wrote this to fitbit and they told me there is an app for phone. i dont have a phone that takes apps.i think fitbit should have thier devices capable of giving the data to my microsoft windows vista programs. if they cant transmit info without adobeflash or an app. they should do something to comunicate with windows, otherwise i do not have the features from fitbit that i wanted when i purchased my charge hr
These requests started in early 2014 (or even earlier), and your website is still depending on Flash. When are you going to get rid of it? Or at least release a statement that you are working on it.....most of the graphs in the premium version depend on Flash, this is utterly ridiculous in today's times where flash is notorious for being a significant security risk. Browser companies like eg Firefox sometimes even turn off support of flash due to security concerns.
PLEASE GET RID OF FLASH, OR AT LEAST TELL US THAT YOU WILL!
With all the recent security vulnerabilities that are present in Adobe Flash, the majority of companies are ousting it from their sites and most users will have removed it from their PCs. As your Premium Service is dependent upon Flash, it would make a lot of commercial sense to remove it. A paid for service dependent upon software with known security vulnerabilities? Come on Fitbit, sort it out!
Otherwise, I'd expect lots of requests for refunds from new Premium customers...
I do not have Flash installed on my devices and have disabled it from Chrome as it is a security nightmare. Please get current with the times and replace it with HTML5 as I am unable to see relevant sections of the website showing the graphs for my fitbit.
This may be the single cause for returning the device in the next days... I prefer seing dashboards on my big computer screen than on a small iPhone screen...
I am paying for Premium and feel pretty cheated by your use of Flash. Its such a security cesspool I turn it off in the browser and now there's a bunch of stuff not available to me. I will not renew Premium if this situation exists at renew time.
Adobe Flash has never been secure and FitBit should switch to another solution. I disabled Flash years ago, and will not allow it on any of my devices.
I concur. Please stop using Flash. I've uninstalled it on my iMac and MacBook Air. It's too insecure and too power hungry. No, I don't use or want to use Chrome.
Adobe Flash is absolute crap. Your site is showing its age in coninuing to use Flash. You should be moving away from Flash like its on fire. Take note that most quality sites of good quality have already ditched Flash.
Half of your product is the dashboard and it looks like hell on my Mac.
The new dashboard does not use Flash. But the food logging screen still does. Fortunately, it still works if you don't have Flash installed. It's just ugly.
I've uninstalled Flash from all my desktop computers and encourage all my friends to do the same. This may not have as many votes as other requests, but it is more important by far for the security of your users. I understand that it will take development time, but this is critical!
Looks like it won't become a real priority for them until someone's security actually gets compromised because they kept Flash in order to be able to see their Fitbit account page. :rolleyes:
@TJ1: "How much more support is needed for Fitbit to make the decision to change?" -- Indeed! Especially this kind of easy change that would take a developer less than a week to implement.
I expect that others have asked for this but I just started using Fitbit and it appears that it has not been addressed. I like it a lot but a roadblock for me seeing some of my data is the requirement of Adobe flash support on the webpage. Please switch to a different technology than flash. Thanks, Phil
Just adding to the long list of requests to remove all Flash requirements from the site. Really don't understand what's taking so long, or the apparent lack of a planned timeline. At least tell us you're working on it.
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