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Flash 10.1 Prerelease Beta 3 - New improvements on OS X

Quote from me IRL exactly 7 minutes ago, "I can't wait to see if the next release works better on the PowerMac."

As much as I hate double posting;

"Characters appearing twice when typing in a text input field" -under bug fixes.

Yes! Yes! Finally! Oh god yes!!!
 
I'll be interested to see how this beta performs. I had Beta 2 installed on my MacBook for a few weeks since it significantly reduced CPU usage during streaming video, but it unfortunately also caused Firefox to crash on a near-daily basis, so I went back to 10.0.
 
Power Mac G4 1.25ghz SP

All of these tasks end up pegging the CPU at a solid 100%*

First, I used the latest full release of Flash. TERRIBLE! Youtube stuttered worse than Gump and games were tooooo latent to be playable.

Installed 10.1 beta 2. Webkinz became bearable and Youtube was not such a headache as long as you let it load, but still doesn't satisfy. (HTML5 is great so far)

Installed 10.1 beta 3. I did a before and after. Playing at LuckyCharms.com became MUCH improved! Who else gets that sick feeling in their stomach from the latency between keyboard input and on-screen actions? After the update, it was almost gone, so much so I was able to enjoy the games! Webkinz was good before but now it plays PERFECT! No joke!

Still, I hope they don't screw it all up in the final release, like Apple did with Safari 4's tabs. At least they are only dropping support for the G3, which means I may be able to expect more improvements in the, so-far, bright future.

Oh....and whoopie.
 
I've been all over the net. So far, everything works well, especially since they fixed the Flash Text Field issue.

Not a problem so far!

As for performance boost...it still uses 20% CPU at Grooveshark and it uses even MORE CPU than before on Youtube! 60% average on my 2.53ghz MacBook Pro! But I really have to give it to them, the scrubbing and time-jumping in the Youtube interface is now FLAWLESS and smooth!
 
wow. this is pretty great.

on my 2.0ghz 9400m youtube 1080p plays without stutter. definitely impossible before 10.1
 
I just installed it. It works perfectly on my Unibody Macbook Pro on Snow Leopard, unlike Beta 2, where youtube didn't work for me. :)
 
yensteel said:
I just installed it. It works perfectly on my Unibody Macbook Pro on Snow Leopard, unlike Beta 2, where youtube didn't work for me. :)
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Has flash video CPU usage gotten any better? This is major for me as I watch a lot of flash video and am getting tired of my CPU running high on both cores when watching a video.

PS This might be an issue with FF and flash. Not sure.
 
Yeah, I agree!

Read my posts above! It's improved enough that I can run flash on my PowerMac G4 without too much headache.
 
gumbyx84 said:
Good to hear. Starting to sound like i should install it.

Anyone know if it causes Firefox or Chromium to crash like the previous betas did?
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You do know that it's Chrome, right?

I don't know about you guys, but it still makes my Mac hot, takes way too much CPU usage and still crashes a good amount.
 
celticpride678 said:
I don't know about you guys, but it still makes my Mac hot, takes way too much CPU usage and still crashes a good amount.
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Sure. I'd rather not have to use Flash at all—but it's necessary for some websites that I use. So I welcome the 10.1 beta's improvements.

Fortunately Flash's days are numbered.
 
celticpride678 said:
You do know that it's Chrome, right?

I don't know about you guys, but it still makes my Mac hot, takes way too much CPU usage and still crashes a good amount.
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Chrome = Google's browser
Chromium = Open-source version of browser that is updated far more frequently

But thanks for playing!

Still wondering if it causes issues with Firefox and Chrome/Chromium.
 
gumbyx84 said:
Has flash video CPU usage gotten any better? This is major for me as I watch a lot of flash video and am getting tired of my CPU running high on both cores when watching a video.

PS This might be an issue with FF and flash. Not sure.
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Yes, definitely. The CPU usage for me reduced a noticeable bit in activity monitor.

Even now, everything's been perfect. No crashes or incompatibilities.

Looks like Adobe's making some decent progress.
 
I reported the bug that the Beta 3 consumes MORE CPU time than Beta 2 but it seems to play the videos more efficiently on PPC processors.

My Quicksilver Dual 800 plays all the videos from Pitchfork TV in HIGH QUALITY (1200) very well.

Still the CPU usage is at 160%! :D LMAO

This may be the first bearable release of Flash player for the PPC crowd.
 
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