You can also press Shift + Esc shortcut key to open the Chrome task manager. Here’s how you can do it: Go to the menu in the top right corner, go to More tools and under that go to Task Manager. 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. Sometimes Flash player might not work because the Flash plugin would have crashed. Click just to the left of the URL in the Omnibox / address bar and change 'Flash' from 'Ask (default)' to 'Always allow on this site.' For some reason certain sites ask to run Flash and Chrome then knows to load it, while other ones dont query the browser and in recent default Chrome settings it just wont load. The timeline for Chromium-based browsers can be found here. However, users may re-enable it on a site-by-site basis. Heres what you can expect in the meantime for each Microsoft browser: In the next version of Microsoft Edge (built on Chromium), Flash will be disabled by default. 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. Adobe will end support of Flash Player on December 31, 2020. 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.
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.
3) Ensure that Ask first (recommended) is toggled to On. 1) Go to Chrome Settings > Advanced > Content settings. 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. Fix 1: Make sure to enable Flash Player in Chrome If you're experiencing the Flash not working issue in Chrome, you should first make sure Flash Player is enabled in your browser.