Are there any workarounds for iMacs not having flash?

I recently purchased a new iMac and browsing the web/web research has been a challenge. Most often than not while browsing safari I run into a limitation due to the lack of adobe flash support. Last night my wife spent a half hour filling out an application and couldn't complete it due to a flash required segment. She had to redo it on our old dell laptop. Is this something I'm just going to have to deal with if I keep my iMac?

Get the installer here, then close any browsers and install.
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html
Shouldn't be necessary to uninstall first, but you can move these two to the Trash first.
In /Library/Internet Plug-Ins
Flash Player.plugin
flashplayer.xpt
That's the hard drive Library (not /System/Library)

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