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EDITOR NOTES
Please note that this is a beta release for Intel Macs only. Latest stable release is available in 'Related Links'.
DESCRIPTION
Adobe Flash Player 10 is a lightweight browser plug-in and rich Internet application (RIA) runtime that delivers consistent and engaging user experiences, stunning audio/video playback, and pervasive reach. Flash Player 10 introduces new expressive features, visual performance improvements, and extensibility to unleash the creative potential of designers and developers so they can build richer and more immersive web experiences.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 10.1.51.45: Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 is the first runtime release of the Open Screen Project that enables uncompromised Web browsing of expressive applications, content and video across devices. With support for a broad range of mobile devices, including smartphones, netbooks, smartbooks and other Internet-connected devices, Flash Player 10.1 allows your content to reach your customers wherever they are.
A prerelease version of Flash Player 10.1 is now available for Windows, Macintosh and Linux operating systems. A beta is expected to be available for Palm webOS later this year. Sign up to be notified when Flash Player 10.1 for Palm Pre beta is available.
This public prerelease is an opportunity for developers to test and provide early feedback to Adobe on new features, enhancements, and compatibility with previously authored content. Consumers can try the beta release of Flash Player 10.1 to preview hardware acceleration of video on supported Windows PCs and x86-based netbooks. You can also help make Flash Player better by visiting all of your favorite sites, making sure they work the same or better than with the current player. We definitely want your feedback to help improve the final version, expected to ship in the first half of 2010.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later, supported Web browser.
RELATED LINKS
Latest stable release available here.
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| Adobe Flash Player User Reviews (231 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Nov 20 2009 |
Very very very very unstable in Firefox 3.5.5. Crashes frequently. (did I mention very?)
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 | Nov 19 2009 |
EGGSHELL Its 2009 and I just can't believe how such application did establish itself as an internet video standard today . It's ultra heavy , it's the main reason for crashes in all the browsers and it's even getting worse with updates I use many Adobe products ( Ps , Lr and Br are essential tools for me ) and I'm used to their stable performance so Flash player is really an exception
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| Nov 19 2009 |
MACLOVER1.1 For me it works well and fast.. so fast I even had to slightly recode some of the loading in one my FLA's that did not quite handle a shared library correctly at such speed lol. Simple logical fix did it. HOWEVER... I do experience a bug when typing into input textfields in Safari... like logging into beatport.com etc... each letter gets typed twice.. does not do that in Camino, Firefox etc.. so dunno.. a flashafari issue..
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| Nov 18 2009 |
EASTMAN Crashes Safari and Camino .. Worst Flash Update ever .. !!!! No wonder Apple wont want this on the iPhone .. not that am missing it there. I know its a Alpha or Beta or something but the basics should work no?
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| Nov 17 2009 |
IGREG Flash seems to be crashing Camino browser now on Borders.com
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| Nov 17 2009 |
CSPGQQT Definitely a step in the right direction, the CPU usage drops to 70 % on my Mac Mini (MacOS 10.6.2) while using Pandora, ClassicFM, National Geographic with Safari. Previously, I can't hardly move my mouse.
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 | Nov 17 2009 |
MCOYLE I tried it and wasn't happy with the results. You can grab the uninstaller here: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html Then install the stable version. Link is above under RELATED LINKS.
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| Nov 17 2009 |
VINCE. i spent some time today testing this new flash beta. what i can say is, that it needs some less cpu time under safari (64bit), it has become a bit faster in reacting to clicks - even when there are more tabs open with flash content. but we should not forget, that Flash on Mac is still far away from giving an acceptable performance. Firefox (eg.) needed >100% CPU while i was playing an HD video. thats quiet alot, with flash 10.0.32.18 it needed like 120%, so it has become a bit better, but it is still not good (or acceptable). I tested under Snow Leopard 10.6.2 on a Mac Book (mid 2009) 2.13 GHz with 2GB Ram.
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| Nov 17 2009 |
ILGAZ If Apple says Snow Leopard has GPU acceleration and Adobe&Several others can't implement it, it is either Apple or others not saying the truth. This is a very alerting release note. Is GPU acceleration exclusive to Quicktime X only? No API? Not Stable API? We really need some explanation.
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| Nov 17 2009 |
JAMESKITTY Snow Leopard introduced OpenCL (GPU Processing) and GrandCentral (dynamic threading to optimize for multiple processors/cores). Both are quite stable and effective. But both require you use Xcode's compilers. Adobe -- and several other software vendors -- develop for non-mac platforms first and then port that code to macintosh using non-Xcode tools. The resulting programs can't utilize the advanced OS features and often suffer performance wise because of it. It's not great for mac consumers, but the bean-counters at the top of the pile still see the number of non-mac users in one pile as being much higher, and believe they should be developing (and testing) for that pile first.
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| Nov 18 2009 |
KAWAII They could use OpenCL but that limits the number supported - with that being said, hardware acceleration won't fix Flash because Flash is more than just h264 playback; Flash stinks, what is required is a fundamental overhaul that gives the code a fine tooth comb analysis of every line of code - fixing up bugs and optimising code as required.
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| Nov 17 2009 |
DROOPYSIGNAL Definitely less taxing on the CPU and seems to have fixed the scrolling issue with http://www.thefwa.com/ Noticed a nice speed improvement and sites like YouTube and Hulu load quicker and Safari crashes less! BTW, I know it's CosmoPod that's causing Safari to hangup when initially opening the browser.
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