Adobe launches sneak preview of 64-bit Flash player for Windows, Mac, Linux

By on Sep 16, 2010 at 11:18 AM
General September 16, 2010

If you’re rocking a 64-bit operating system, you are probably acutely aware that your 64-bit browser has to utilize Adobe’s Flash plug-in in 32-bit mode. Yesterday, Adobe announced a sneak preview of their 64-bit Flash implementation they are calling “Square.” As the press release states:

This preview includes support for two new areas, namely enhanced support for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 Beta and native 64-bit support for all major desktop operating systems including Linux, Mac, and Windows. [...] The community has been very vocal around the need for native 64-bit support and we’ve heard you loud and clear. Today we’re also sharing a refresh of the Linux 64-bit version of Flash Player together with the first preview of both the 64-bit Windows and Mac versions.

The company is encouraging those with 64-bit browsers to give the new code, complete with 32 extra bits, a try. Hit the read link for more information and the download instructions.

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  • d-range

    About damn time. Now 64 bit support *and* decent GPU acceleration on both Linux and OS X *and* a final version, and less crashes and security holes, please.

    The pace at which Flash Player is developed is so slow it’s not funny, in the time it took Adobe to make 64-bit plugin and a preview with minimal and half-assed GPU acceleration and 2 zero-day vulnerabilities, Microsoft built Silverlight from scratch and released 3 major versions of it. All we get from Adobe is beta’s and previews that still don’t deliver.

    • dipshit

      that means redtube will be even BETTER!!!!

    • bob

      silverlight is crap

  • Dustin S.

    Wow congratulations Adobe, only 4 years too late!

  • RJB

    Adobe’s obviously not going to let Flash die with grace. Going out kicking and screaming and it’ll be in beta for the next 5 years!

    • beenyweenies

      Who says Flash is destined to “die?” I love comments like these, that completely ignore the obvious:

      - Flash has the highest install base of any web technology invented to date, maybe even non-web tech

      - More web users have a recent version of Flash installed than have Javascript enabled. Therefore, HTML5 STILL won’t have the ubiquity that Flash does because it relies so heavily on JS. Never mind that every browser will support different aspects of HTML5…

      - There are more than 3 million Flash/Flex/Actionscript programmers out there.

      - It will cost content creators, in total, billions if not tens of billions to replace all of their Flash content with something else (assuming HTML5). Why would they do that when HTML5 offers LESS than Flash in terms of capabilities, and is no guarantee of uniform standards since the browsers can selectively support whatever parts they want?

      Anyone who thinks Flash is dying any time soon needs to go read up on the issue.

  • Dara

    Finally Flash can access the 4 gigs of RAM that it requires to play shit quality video smoothly.

  • http://walledcity.com/supermighty Super Mighty

    I can’t wait to get this. I’ve been waiting too long. I might even reinstall a full 64bit Arch Linux now that all the pieces are coming together.

  • Tyler

    hell yeah!! finally 64 bit flash. Never thought i would say this but ie9 is pretty good looks like microsoft is finally getting their act together with windows 7, windows phone 7, and now internet explorer.

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