Flash has long been the enemy of web browsers and users alike thanks to security and stability issues, but the plug-in should be less of an issue now for Chrome users on Windows, according to Google. Chrome already includes a built-in, automatically updated version of Flash, but the Chrome and Adobe teams have now ported the plug-in to use the browser's sandboxing platform after two years of work. The plug-in is now thoroughly modernized, and can take advantage of current technologies like GPU acceleration. What this all means is that Flash in Chrome for Windows is more secure now that it's in a stronger sandbox, and it's more stable: Google says it's decreased crashes by 20 percent.
Additionally, the new version of Flash in Chrome...
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