Adobe Launches Flash Player 10.1 Prerelease Build

[macintoshtoffy]

Direct* components will be used by IE9 to render the HTML, not to provide a non-standard API to developers.

Mate, there is no use trying to correct him - he has his views and it doesn't matter if you bought a Microsoft engineer himself to explain the situation, he has a paranoia about so-called 'embrace, extend and extinguish' (EEE) conspiracy theory.

For any person who believes that Microsoft does EEE, I suggest they look at who fired the first shot at creating proprietary extensions - clue for the clueless, it wasn't Microsoft.

 

[MorphingDragon]

Mate, there is no use trying to correct him - he has his views and it doesn't matter if you bought a Microsoft engineer himself to explain the situation, he has a paranoia about so-called 'embrace, extend and extinguish' (EEE) conspiracy theory.

For any person who believes that Microsoft does EEE, I suggest they look at who fired the first shot at creating proprietary extensions - clue for the clueless, it wasn't Microsoft.

What, all the references I found were spinning it as some new format for IE. Google didn't bring up a MSDN source.

 

[Krafty]

http://click2flash.softonic.de/mac

Is there something like this for Firefox?

 

[tkermit]

Is there something like this for Firefox?

Yes. It's called 'FlashBlock'. Not quite as nice but with similar functionality.

 

[Krafty]

Yes. It's called 'FlashBlock'. Not quite as nice but with similar functionality.

Will check it out cause I dont think this update is doing my 09 Mac Mini too good.

 

[AidenShaw]

Google didn't bring up a MSDN source.

Wow, is Google hiding results from Microsoft domain sites now? The Department of Justice could get really interested in that....

Try Bing!

Actually, I use Yahoo! from my laptop/desktops, and Bing from my WinMobile phones. The PDC article is recent, however, so it might be a simple timing window. Nothing to put on tin foil hats to avoid.

 

[MorphingDragon]

Wow, is Google hiding results from Microsoft domain sites now? The Department of Justice could get really interested in that....

Try Bing!

Actually, I use Yahoo! from my laptop/desktops, and Bing from my WinMobile phones. The PDC article is recent, however, so it might be a simple timing window. Nothing to put on tin foil hats to avoid.

I think it might be the "Personalized Searching"

Eww Bing, it might give me Polio.

 

[DMann]

Eww Bing, it might give me Polio.

Or perhaps, even worse:

lepromatous leprosy bacterium

 

[MorphingDragon]

Or perhaps, even worse:

lepromatous leprosy bacterium

Umm...

 

[macintoshtoffy]

What, all the references I found were spinning it as some new format for IE. Google didn't bring up a MSDN source.

Jesus F Christ, don't you even know how to utilise a search engine?

Put Channel 9 IE9, click on the channel9 website, then click on the IE9 tag which brings up the following:

http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/IE-9/

It is pretty damn easy to find the information. Less firing off ridiculous posts and more time utilising the tools that are available.

 

[MorphingDragon]

Jesus F Christ, don't you even know how to utilise a search engine?

Put Channel 9 IE9, click on the channel9 website, then click on the IE9 tag which brings up the following:

http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/IE-9/

It is pretty damn easy to find the information. Less firing off ridiculous posts and more time utilising the tools that are available.

Whats up your rear? It didn't bring up a MSDN source because I had GMail personalized searching enabled.

 

[LagunaSol]

Wow, is Google hiding results from Microsoft domain sites now? The Department of Justice could get really interested in that....

Maybe they can take a look at that while they're reviewing Microsoft's offer to News Corp to delist from Google for cold, hard Microsoft cash.

If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em! (Copyright 1975-2009 Microsoft Corporation)

Actually, I use Yahoo! from my laptop/desktops, and Bing from my WinMobile phones.

WinMo. *snicker* I believe we've finally found the source of your angst.

 

[tkermit]

Yeah, remember when IE for OS X was a great browser (at that time)? Then MS let the thing rot on the vine for years until eventually dumping it in the trash entirely. And I think it's pretty clear that they intentionally ensure that the Mac version of Office sucks worse than the Windows version of Office.

I have my suspicions about Silverlight too...

And so it starts...

 

[LagunaSol]

And so it starts...

Shocking.

 

[MorphingDragon]

Shocking.

Ungh, Silverlight. Who cares?

 

[rjohnstone]

And so it starts...

Talk about a poorly titled article.

I fail to see the issue.
So Microsoft ADDED a few Windows specific features. Big deal.

How many features did they remove for Linux and OS X support??? None. Meaning it has no effect on cross platform functionality.
It simply gives Windows programmers the ability to call Windows specific API's.

Take the tin foil hats off.

 

[tkermit]

Talk about a poorly titled article.

I fail to see the issue.
So Microsoft ADDED a few Windows specific features. Big deal.

[1] How many features did they remove for Linux and OS X support??? None. [2] Meaning it has no effect on cross platform functionality.

Your second statement there doesn't logically follow from the first. If this decision is a sign of things to come and the development of interesting platform-(i.e. Windows-)specific APIs becomes more common, developers will likely also use them at some point due to the overwhelming market share of that specific platform. Resulting applications won't be compatible with other platforms like OS X.

Brian Goldfarb, director of product marketing for Microsoft says that "[...]we also want to have the option to light up the platform". Isn't it kind of obvious and even valid that they are trying to use Windows-only features as a competitive advantage here ?

Of course developers can choose whether to use such platform-specific APIs for publicly visible web apps, but when you have one platform absolutely dominating the market it's only understandable that they would mainly think about how to best serve the users of that platform.

 

[MrCheeto]

Does anyone else have an issue where when you type it doesn't go into a Flash text field correctly? Like Mibbit and Grooveshark? Here's what happens when I try to type "Erotic City By Prince" into the field.

 

[Eidorian]

I'm definitely switching back to the stable Flash on OS X. The beta is terribly slow at seeking in a video.

 

[MorphingDragon]

I'm definitely switching back to the stable Flash on OS X. The beta is terribly slow at seeking in a video.

If you can call it that.

 

[jimmyjoemccrow]

Latest flash crashes latest Opera if you're interested.

 

[angemon89]

10.1 beta 2 is out

http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

10.1 beta 2 is out

http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html

Installed and repaired disk permissions. Anyone notice performance improvements yet?

 

[MrCheeto]

Safari once used about 50% cpu when viewing HD Youtube videos, now uses less than 30%, keeping in the low 20's in most cases!

I don't even need my cooling pad any more!

But I'm still having this issue even after several uninstall and reinstalls ><

 

[mabaker]

I love these reports about improved performance... Just when Flash 10 came out everybody was raving about it until ppl actually tried it for themselves.