Flash Video Downloader does have a few limitations. Notably, it doesn’t let you download videos from YouTube—on Chrome, at least—and it never triggered for any Facebook videos I was watching.

It’s far easier to simply download a good Flash video downloader available in Chrome extension form. Both Flash Video Downloader and Flash Master are popular options.

How to enable the Flash Player on Google Chrome, to view videos and other media across the internet ...

As part of its latest Chrome 21 Web browser, Google dramatically improved Flash performance and stability in Chrome for users by porting Flash to its new sandboxed PPAPI platform.

Google told us in May that it would eventually block Adobe Flash Player content on Chrome. And today, the company is making good on its promise. Google is making HTML5 the preferred and default ...