Kevin Purdy is a senior editor at Lifehacker, a daily technology and productivity blog. Chrome no longer uses Flash by default and has joined the vast majority of browsers that recommend using HTML5 for media content. With that in mind, check to see if that site has a mobile-centered version - usually m.,, or occasionally /i - and use that from your desktop browser, at least until the world comes around to your principled stance on plug-ins. Then again, more and more developers are taking this into consideration, as owners of iPhones and other web-enabled but Flash-free phones become a larger part of their audience. What happens when you reach a site that needs Flash for the most basic navigation and use? The high-minded answer is to write a calm, concise, and courteous email to the site's webmaster (listed at the very bottom of each page, usually), asking them to take pity on users without Flash. The high-definition video site Vimeo also offers an HTML5-based player for the same range of browsers, accessed by clicking the "Switch to HTML5 Player" link below any video, and Dailymotion offers an OpenVideo section that, while tailored toward Firefox users, will also work on Chrome and other browser setups, though likely with hiccups. From then on, the majority of YouTube's videos that can support no-Flash streaming will play inside a strikingly similar video player.
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You'll need to sign into a valid YouTube/Google account and then head to /html5 and click the "Join the HTML5 beta" link at the bottom. In this video I am going to show How to Enable Flash in Chrome or How to Enable Adobe Flash Player in Google Chrome.This instructions in this video tutorial. That's all well and good, but what about your lunchtime YouTube fix? If you're using Chrome or Safari on any OS, or Internet Explorer with Google's Chrome Frame installed, you can actually view most videos in their native H.264 format, streaming straight to your browser, through the magic of HTML5.