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The move, forecast in June, is now rolling out to browser users.<\/p>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">Adobe has been on an active campaign to move people onto new alternatives like Adobe Air, but the simplicity and compatibility of HTML5 have made it a losing battle.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">The Firefox browser recently blocked Flash by default, and Google Chrome users will now have to choose to animate advertising content, which Chrome will &#8220;intelligently select&#8221;, according to Google. 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