64-bit flash preview for Windows available now.

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http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/

Not final, but better than nothing. Unfortunately some of my critical add-ons (last pass) aren't 64-bit ready, so I can't use this, but at least there's some progress on the 64-bit front.

Edit: I was wrong, LastPass is available for IE x64, IE9 x64 is now my main browser. :D
 
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Well this is certainly a shot clear outta the blue, never even thought they'd get around to it within the next year or so. How very interesting indeed...
 
WhiteZero said:
I wonder what the benefit is to a 64bit flash?
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64-bit programs can have much greater security than 32-bit programs on even a 64-bit OS, because of something called ASLR, which randomizes memory addresses. With 32-bit you are limited to a few hundred/few thousand addresses, with 64-bit you can have trillions. Where as malware might try to "out guess" ASLR on 32-bit, I doubt they'd ever try against 64-bit. As it is though, MS uses the same algorithm for 32-bit and 64-bit ASLR, but that could change in a future Windows release. Other than that, probably no benefit.
 
Wow. It took them from April 25, 2005 (Windows XP x64 release date) to September 15, 2010 to come up with a functional preview.

I've been frustrated by lack of this for a long time. I hate Adobe.

EDIT: I was just thinking. In the time it took them to release this, we have had 2 major versions of IE (and beta of a 3rd) and 2 major versions of Windows. By they time this is a production release, they may very well have been beat by the Duke Nukem Forever release.
 
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WhiteZero said:
I wonder what the benefit is to a 64bit flash?
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Same as 64 bit java. You can run 64 bit browsers, which some of us want to do. Right now your only choice for something that is tight is IE 8/9 64 bit. FF 4 x64 isn't happening now so we'll have to wait for a while on that.
 
bigdogchris said:
Same as 64 bit java. You can run 64 bit browsers, which some of us want to do. Right now your only choice for something that is tight is IE 8/9 64 bit. FF 4 x64 isn't happening now so we'll have to wait for a while on that.
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Hmm, what's wrong with Minefield? Works with Flash Square x64 plug-in, and generally seems fine.
 
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