Flash 64 bit?

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I just downloaded Firefox 3.6 64 bit. It seems 64 bit is much faster than 32 bit. But now flash does not work. Is their anyway to get flash to work in 64 bit firefox???
 
You have been here long enough, you deserve a finger waggin'...

Search man.

But to provide at least some positivity in the thread, Read This.

Adobe Flash Player is not supported for playback in 64-bit browsers. Flash Player will, however, run in a 32-bit browser, running on a 64-bit operating system.
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Apparently, there won't be a 64-bit flash until the flash version after 10.1, 10.1 is currently in beta/RC stage.
 
Lets get 32 bit flash player for FF to not crash every other page, then worry about 64 bit.
 
00PS said:
You have been here long enough, you deserve a finger waggin'...

Search man.

But to provide at least some positivity in the thread, Read This.
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That technically is not entirely true: there is (and has been for some time) a 64 bit version of Flashplayer for 64 bit Linux distributions and it works just fine and dandy on those platforms without issues. There's even a 64 bit version of the Flashplayer 10.1 version which supports GPU-assisted rendering available.

While most everyone makes an assumption that the OP is automagically using Windows, that's not also always true. He/She probably is, that's a given due to sheer numbers and percentages but, having said that, there is a way to get Flashplayer working in a 64 bit browser on a 64 bit OS - it's just not happening on Windows, yet. ;)
 
Yea, lately - the last half year or so - I haven't had any flash crashes either (IE and Chrome on Win 7), but yea they used to be real bad.
 
Bahamut said:
That technically is not entirely true: there is (and has been for some time) a 64 bit version of Flashplayer for 64 bit Linux distributions and it works just fine and dandy on those platforms without issues. There's even a 64 bit version of the Flashplayer 10.1 version which supports GPU-assisted rendering available.

While most everyone makes an assumption that the OP is automagically using Windows, that's not also always true. He/She probably is, that's a given due to sheer numbers and percentages but, having said that, there is a way to get Flashplayer working in a 64 bit browser on a 64 bit OS - it's just not happening on Windows, yet. ;)
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You obviously didn't click the link where that info was provided. There was an announcement about the 10.1 version working with a 64bit linux browser so the OP could check that out. Read this...normally means, read this.
 
00PS said:
You obviously didn't click the link where that info was provided. There was an announcement about the 10.1 version working with a 64bit linux browser so the OP could check that out. Read this...normally means, read this.
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Well, you also decided to specifically pull a quote (out of context, somewhat) from the content at that link directly beneath that line and the quote points out "Adobe Flash Player is not supported for playback in 64-bit browsers".

Put the words "Read This" and follow it with a colon and then put a quote and more people than not are going to read the quote and not the linkage the words "Read This" were supposed to be pointing them to.

And no, I didn't have to click the link, I already knew the correct and fully accurate info, hence my post which worked in conjunction with yours to further clarify the statement that you decided to quote. See how that works?

Almost, but not quite.

Post composition ftw...
 
Bahamut said:
Well, you also decided to specifically pull a quote (out of context, somewhat) from the content at that link directly beneath that line and the quote points out "Adobe Flash Player is not supported for playback in 64-bit browsers".

Put the words "Read This" and follow it with a colon and then put a quote and more people than not are going to read the quote and not the linkage the words "Read This" were supposed to be pointing them to.

And no, I didn't have to click the link, I already knew the correct and fully accurate info, hence my post which worked in conjunction with yours to further clarify the statement that you decided to quote. See how that works?

Almost, but not quite.

Post composition ftw...
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Not sure why I continue to humor myself in replying to your posts, but the original statement still stands... Read this means, just that: Read this. Reading comprehension ftw... amirite?

I pulled something out of context? Please click the link again, I quoted the entire line. I suppose your going to jump on Adobe's case for stating "Adobe flash is not supported on 64-bit browsers...", when clearly, they have a version out that does infact work.

Move along...
 
00PS said:
I suppose your going to jump on Adobe's case for stating "Adobe flash is not supported on 64-bit browsers...", when clearly, they have a version out that does infact work but only on a 64 bit Linux distribution running a 64 bit browser.
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FTFY. There, now it's clarified for all to see. ;)
 
Flash 64-bit has the same release time as Duke Nukem Forever.

Honestly though, Adobe has enough work ahead of them already with the 32-bit version.
 
What has always puzzled me the most is that Adobe makes nothing for the Linux platform - no software that I know of, no Photoshop, no CS of any kind, no nothing that brings them any revenue whatsoever.

Yet for some unfathomable reason, they coded, created, and built a 64 bit Flashplayer for that same platform that brings them no revenue at all.

And the two platforms that keep them in business, Windows and OSX, still don't have a 64 bit Flashplayer for either OS in spite of both of them being or having 64 bit editions for what... over 4 years now?

WTF is wrong with this picture, Adobe? Maybe they need to use the Content-Aware-Filter and fill in some of the missing blanks on why they have consistently neglected the one damned thing more people request than any other these days - and yes I'd like to say "better performance from Flash in general" but no, that's not it.

It's a 64 bit version of Flashplayer regardless of the naysayers that will come back with "nobody needs it, nobody uses 64 bit browsers, why bother" or something similar.

Ask Adobe. They made a 64 bit Flashplayer for a 64 bit browser under a 64 bit Linux distro... that nobody really cares much about, and they've just simply given Windows and OSX users the collective finger, I guess.

Makes no sense to me at all.
 
Bahamut said:
It's a 64 bit version of Flashplayer regardless of the naysayers that will come back with "nobody needs it, nobody uses 64 bit browsers, why bother" or something similar.
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And the funny part is that I think people would actually use 64-bit browsers if people would bother to make 64-bit plugins/addons. I can't imagine it is that difficult to whip up a 64-bit version of a plugin in addition to the 32-bit.
 
Reus said:
And the funny part is that I think people would actually use 64-bit browsers if people would bother to make 64-bit plugins/addons. I can't imagine it is that difficult to whip up a 64-bit version of a plugin in addition to the 32-bit.
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Actually it is. *IF* the program had been written correctly in the 1st place a quick recompile would suffice.
However, it turns out in the case of Adobe-flash they had a shadload of 16bit CPU calls (for some fucked up reason). You cannot have 16bit calls when the CPU is in 64bit mode.

Adobe eventually removed them and provided a 64bit plugin for Linux.
You then get lacklust support from other companies like Sun and JAVA. Linux only got fully compliant 64bit java plugin when Sun eventially opensourced JAVA (icedtea6 ftw).

So for me I am all but 64bit (about 3 64bit apps still flying around) but from day to day 64bit :D
 
Bahamut said:
What has always puzzled me the most is that Adobe makes nothing for the Linux platform - no software that I know of, no Photoshop, no CS of any kind, no nothing that brings them any revenue whatsoever.

Yet for some unfathomable reason, they coded, created, and built a 64 bit Flashplayer for that same platform that brings them no revenue at all.

And the two platforms that keep them in business, Windows and OSX, still don't have a 64 bit Flashplayer for either OS in spite of both of them being or having 64 bit editions for what... over 4 years now?

WTF is wrong with this picture, Adobe? Maybe they need to use the Content-Aware-Filter and fill in some of the missing blanks on why they have consistently neglected the one damned thing more people request than any other these days - and yes I'd like to say "better performance from Flash in general" but no, that's not it.

It's a 64 bit version of Flashplayer regardless of the naysayers that will come back with "nobody needs it, nobody uses 64 bit browsers, why bother" or something similar.

Ask Adobe. They made a 64 bit Flashplayer for a 64 bit browser under a 64 bit Linux distro... that nobody really cares much about, and they've just simply given Windows and OSX users the collective finger, I guess.

Makes no sense to me at all.
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The only explanation I can come up with is they intend to have it as a spear head for flash in the mobile space. But even that is a stretch.
 
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