Adobe® Flash® Player 10.2 introduces new features and enhancements, including a new video hardware acceleration model that enables dramatically enhanced video playback performance.

Key new capabilities in Flash Player 10.2 include:

• Stage Video hardware acceleration — A new method for video playback in Flash Player will allow developers to leverage complete hardware acceleration of the video rendering pipeline, enabling best-in-class playback performance. Stage Video can dramatically decrease processor usage and enables higher frame rates, reduced memory usage, and greater pixel fidelity and quality.
• Internet Explorer 9 hardware accelerated rendering support — Flash Player takes advantage of hardware accelerated graphics in Internet Explorer 9, utilizing hardware rendering surfaces to improve graphics performance and enable seamless composition.
• Native custom mouse cursors — Developers can define custom native mouse cursors, enabling user experience enhancements and improving performance.
• Support for full screen mode with multiple monitors — Full screen content will remain in full-screen on secondary monitors, allowing users to watch full-screen content while working on another display.

• Flash Player 5,0,41,0 / 5,0,42,0
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• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: SwFlash.ocx
• Netscape: flashplayer5installer.exe
• Mac OS X
• flashplayer5_macosx.hqx
• Mac OS PowerPC
• flashplayer5installer.hqx
• Flash Player 5,0,30,0
• ---------------------
• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: fp_5.0.30_activex.exe
• Netscape: fp_5.0.30_plugin.exe
• Mac OS PowerPC
• fp_5.0.30_mac_classic.hqx

• A major leap forward in capability, with the evolution of Flash's scripting capabilities as released as ActionScript.
• Saw the ability to customize the authoring environment's interface.
• Macromedia Generator was the first initiative from Macromedia to separate design from content in Flash files. Generator 2.0 was released in April 2001 and featured real-time server-side generation of Flash content in its Enterprise Edition. Generator was discontinued in 2002 in favor of new technologies such as Flash Remoting, which allows for seamless transmission of data between the server and the client, and ColdFusion Server.

• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: SwFlash.ocx
• Netscape: flash32.exe
• Mac OS PowerPC
• flash4playerinstaller.hqx

• Achieved 100 million installations of the Flash Player, thanks in part to its inclusion with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.
• Saw the introduction of streaming MP3s and the Motion Tween. Initially, the Flash Player plug-in was not bundled with popular web browsers and users had to visit Macromedia website to download it; As of 2000, however, the Flash Player was already being distributed with all AOL, Netscape and Internet Explorer browsers. Two years later it shipped with all releases of Windows XP. The install-base of the Flash Player reached 92 percent of all Internet users.

• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: SwFlash.ocx
• Plugin-based browsers: installflashplayer.exe
• Win 3.1
• Internet Explorer: SwFlash.ocx
• Plugin-based browsers: swflash.exe
• Mac OS PowerPC
• shockwaveflashinstall.sea.hqx
• Mac 68K
• shockwaveflashinstall(68k).sea.hqx
• Added alpha transparency, licensed MP3 compression
• Brought improvements to animation, playback, and publishing, as well as the introduction of simple script commands for interactivity.
• As of 1998, Macromedia has shipped 100,000 Flash products.

• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: SwFlash.ocx
• Plugin-based browsers: Shockwave_Flash_Installer.exe
• Win 3.1
• Internet Explorer: SwFlash.ocx
• Plugin-based browsers: SWFlash.exe
• Mac OS PowerPC
• Shockwave_Flash.sea.hqx
• Mac 68K
• Shockwave_Flash.sea.hqx

• First version under Macromedia brand
• Mostly vectors and motion, some bitmaps, limited audio
• Support of stereo sound, enhanced bitmap integration, buttons, the Library, and the capability to tween color changes.

• Flash Player 9,0,151,0
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• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: flashplayer9r151_winax.exe
• Netscape: flashplayer9r151_win.exe
• Standalone: flashplayer9r151_win_sa.exe
• Mac OS PowerPC
• Plugin: flashplayer9r151_mac.dmg
• Mac OS Intel
• Plugin: flashplayer9r151_ub_mac.dmg.zip
• Standalone: flashplayer9r151_mac_sa.app.zip
• Linux
• Plugin: flashplayer9r151_linux.tar.gz
• Standalone: flashplayer9r151_linux_sa.tar.gz
• Solaris
• flashplayer9r151_solaris_x86.tar.bz2
• flashplayer9r151_solaris_sparc.tar.bz2

• Flash Player 9,0,125,0
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• Solaris
• flashplayer9r125_solaris_x86.tar.bz2
• flashplayer9r125_solaris_sparc.tar.bz2

 

• Flash Player 9,0,124,0
• ---------------------
• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: flashplayer9r124_winax.exe
• Netscape: flashplayer9r124_win.exe
• Standalone: flashplayer9r124_win_sa.exe
• Mac OS PowerPC
• Plugin: flashplayer9r124_mac.dmg
• Mac OS Intel
• Plugin: flashplayer9r124_ub_mac.dmg.zip
• Standalone: flashplayer9r124_mac_sa.app.zip
• Linux
• Plugin: flashplayer_9r124_linux.tar.gz
• Standalone: flashplayer_9r124_linux_sa.tar.gz
• Solaris
• flashplayer9r124_solaris_x86.tar.bz2
• flashplayer9r124_solaris_sparc.tar.bz2

• Flash Player 9,0,115,0
• ---------------------
• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: flashplayer9r115_winax.exe
• Netscape: flashplayer9r115_win.exe
• Standalone: flashplayer9r115_win_sa.exe
• Mac OS PowerPC
• Plugin: flashplayer9r115_mac.dmg
• Mac OS Intel
• Plugin: flashplayer9r115_ub_mac.dmg.zip
• Standalone: flashplayer9r115_mac_sa.app.zip
• Linux
• Plugin: flashplayer_9r115_linux.tar.gz
• Standalone: flashplayer_9r115_linux_sa.tar.gz
• Solaris
• flashplayer9r115_solaris_x86.tar.bz2
• flashplayer9r115_solaris_sparc.tar.bz2

 

• Flash Player 9,0,48,0
• ---------------------
• Linux
• flashplayer_9r48_linux.tar.gz

• Flash Player 9,0,47,0
• ---------------------
• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: flashplayer9r47_winax.exe
• Netscape: flashplayer9r47_win.exe
• Mac OS PowerPC
• flashplayer9r47_mac.dmg
• Mac OS Intel
• flashplayer9r47_ub_mac.dmg.zip
• Solaris
• flashplayer9r47_solaris_x86.tar.bz2
• flashplayer9r47_solaris_sparc.tar.bz2

 

• Flash Player 9,0,45,0
• ---------------------
• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: flashplayer9r45_winax.exe
• Netscape: flashplayer9r45_win.exe
• Mac OS PowerPC
• flashplayer9r45_mac.dmg
• Mac OS Intel
• flashplayer9r45_ub_mac.dmg.zip

• Flash Player 9,0,31,0
• ---------------------
• Linux
• flashplayer_9r31_linux.tar.gz

 

• Flash Player 9,0,28,0
• ---------------------
• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: flashplayer9r28_winax.exe
• Netscape: flashplayer9r28_win.exe
• Mac OS PowerPC
• flashplayer9r28_mac.dmg
• Mac OS Intel
• flashplayer9r28_ub_mac.dmg.zip

 

• Flash Player 9,0,20,0
• ---------------------
• Mac OS Intel
• flashplayer9r20_ub_mac.dmg.zip

• Flash Player 9,0,16,0
• ---------------------
• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: flashplayer9r16_winax.exe
• Netscape: flashplayer9r16_win.exe
• Mac OS PowerPC
• flashplayer9r16_mac.dmg

• New ECMAScript scripting engine, ActionScript Virtual Machine AVM2. AVM retained for compatibility.
• Actionscript 3 via AVM2.
• E4X, which is a new approach to parsing XML.
• Support for binary sockets.
• Support for Regular Expressions and namespaces.
• ECMAScript 4 virtual machine donated to Mozilla Foundation and named Tamarin.
• Flash Player had an opportunity to become widely installed before the release of the equivalent Flash program.

• Flash Player 8,0,42,0
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• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: flashplayer8r42_winax.exe
• Netscape: flashplayer8r42_win.exe
• Mac OS PowerPC
• flashplayer8r42_mac.dmg

• Flash Player 8,0,39,0
• ---------------------
• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: flashplayer8r39_winax.exe
• Netscape: flashplayer8r39_win.exe
• Mac OS PowerPC
• flashplayer8r39_mac.dmg

 

• Flash Player 8,0,35,0
• ---------------------
• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: flashplayer8r35_winax.exe
• Netscape: flashplayer8r35_win.exe
• Mac OS PowerPC
• flashplayer8r35_mac.dmg

• Flash Player 8,0,34,0
• ---------------------
• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: flashplayer8r34_winax.exe
• Netscape: flashplayer8r34_win.exe
• Mac OS PowerPC
• flashplayer8r34_mac.dmg

 

• Flash Player 8,0,33,0
• ---------------------
• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: flashplayer8r33_winax.exe
• Netscape: flashplayer8r33_win.exe
• Mac OS PowerPC
• flashplayer8r33_mac.dmg

• Flash Player 8,0,24,0
• ---------------------
• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: flashplayer8r24_winax.exe
• Netscape: flashplayer8r24_win.exe
• Mac OS PowerPC
• flashplayer8r24_mac.dmg

 

• Flash Player 8,0,22,0
• ---------------------
• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: flashplayer8r22_winax.exe
• Netscape: flashplayer8r22_win.exe
• Mac OS PowerPC
• flashplayer8r22_mac.dmg

• Support for runtime loading of GIF and PNG images
• New video codec (On2 VP6)
• Improved runtime performance and runtime bitmap caching
• Live filters and blendmodes
• File upload and download capabilities
• New text-rendering engine

• Flash Player 7,0,61,0
• ---------------------
• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: flashplayer7r61_winax.exe
• Netscape: flashplayer7r61_win.exe
• Mac OS PowerPC
• flashplayer7r61_mac.hqx

• Flash Player 7,0,53,0
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• Solaris, x86
• install_flash_player_7_solaris_x86_r53.tar.gz
• Solaris, Sparc
• install_flash_player_7_solaris_sparc_r53.tar.gz

 

• Flash Player 7,0,25,0
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• Linux
• install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz

• Flash Player 7,0,24,0
• ---------------------
• Mac OS X
• flashplayer7_macosx.hqx
• Mac OS PowerPC
• flashplayer7_macppc.hqx

 

• Flash Player 7,0,19,0
• ---------------------
• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: flashplayer71_winax.exe
• Netscape: flashplayer7_win.exe

• Flash Player 7,0,14,0
• ---------------------
• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: Flash.ocx
• Netscape: fp_7.0.14_plugin_ns.exe
• Mac OS X
• fp_7.0.14_plugin_mac_osx.hqx
• Mac OS PowerPC
• fp_7.0.14_plugin_macclassic.hqx

• Supports progressive audio and video streaming (HTTP)
• Supports ActionScript 2.0, an Object-Oriented Programming Language for developers
• Ability to create charts, graphs and additional text effects with the new support for extensions (sold separately), high fidelity import of PDF and Adobe Illustrator 10 files, mobile and device development and a forms-based development environment. ActionScript 2.0 was also introduced, giving developers a formal Object-Oriented approach to ActionScript. V2 Components replaced Flash MX's components, being rewritten from the ground up to take advantage of ActionScript 2.0 and Object-Oriented principles.
• In 2004, the "Flash Platform" was introduced. This expanded Flash to more than the Flash authoring tool. Flex 1.0 and Breeze 1.0 were released, both of which utilized the Flash Player as a delivery method but relied on tools other than the Flash authoring program to create Flash applications and presentations. Flash Lite 1.1 was also released, enabling mobile phones to play Flash content.

• Flash Player 6,0,79,0
• ---------------------
• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: fp_6.0.79_activex.exe
• Netscape: fp_6.0.79_plugin.exe
• Mac OS X
• fp_6.0.79_macosx.hqx
• Mac OS PowerPC
• fp_6.0.79_mac_classic.hqx

• Flash Player 6,0,65,0
• ---------------------
• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: fp_6.0.65_activex.exe
• Netscape: fp_6.0.65_plugin.exe
• Mac OS X
• fp_6.0.65_macosx.hqx
• Mac OS PowerPC
• fp_6.0.65_mac_classic.hqx

 

• Flash Player 6,0,47,0
• ---------------------
• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: fp_6.0.47_activex.exe
• Netscape: fp_6.0.47_plugin.exe
• Mac OS X
• fp_6.0.47_macosx.hqx
• Mac OS PowerPC
• fp_6.0.47_mac_classic.hqx

• Flash Player 6,0,29,0
• ---------------------
• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: fp_6.0.29_activex.exe
• Netscape: fp_6.0.29_plugin.exe
• Mac OS X
• fp_6.0.29_macosx.hqx
• Mac OS PowerPC
• fp_6.0.29_mac_classic.hqx

 

• Flash Player 6,0,23,0
• ---------------------
• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: fp_6.0.23_activex.exe
• Netscape: fp_6.0.23_plugin.exe
• Mac OS X
• fp_6.0.23_macosx.hqx
• Mac OS PowerPC
• fp_6.0.23_mac_classic.hqx

• Flash Player 6,0,21,0
• ---------------------
• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Internet Explorer: fp_6.0.21_activex.exe
• Netscape: fp_6.0.21_plugin.exe
• Mac OS X
• fp_6.0.21_macosx.hqx
• Mac OS PowerPC
• fp_6.0.21_mac_classic.hqx

• Support for the consuming Flash Remoting (AMF) and Web Service (SOAP)
• supports ondemand/live audio and video streaming (RTMP)
• Support for screenreaders via Microsoft Active Accessibility
• Added Sorenson Spark video codec for Flash Video
• Support for video, application components, shared libraries, and accessibility.
• Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX, also released in 2002, allowed video to be streamed to Flash Player 6 (otherwise the video could be embedded into the Flash movie).

Fixes in Flash Player 10.2

Jira bugs

• [FP-1760] Passing dates from Java to Flex causes a 1 hour time difference. (2200268)
• [FP-3312] Unable to load external unicode file names in consistent manner across browsers IE vs. Plugin. (2499705)
• [FP-6054] Artifacts with tiled bitmaps when resize the browser to make the scale factor less than 1
• [FP-5866] beginBitmapFill drawing issue: Unexpected white line is shown
• [FP-5851] For both the getServiceLocations request and the GetSettings request, the namespaces are being stripped out of the request (sibling elements) when creating request object with FlashPlayer 10.2
• [FP-5892] It causes blank video content to disable Hardware acceleration.
• [FP-6005] Google Street View exits Full Screen mode without user requesting
• [FP-5935] Video RENDER_STATE can't returns to "accelerated" on StageVideo when it switch on/off stage video
• [FP-5895] Sound echos twice in some games with Flash 10.2 at www.king.com/games
• [FP-5870]  Windows Only.  Flash video applets exit fullscreen when another applications status changes (WLMail checks for emails for example)
• [FP-5863]  Mac Only. Cloud Connect Viewer Enterprise Edition displays blank content after moving thumb
• [FP-5857] Embedded Object could not show up on page www.youtube.com
• [FP-5725]  Mac Only. Flash Player does not respond to NPCocoaEventKeyDown
• [FP-5765] SWF file cannot be loaded in all players at alwaysbusy.nl, which was created by Invender Catalog Maker
• [FP-5730] iSight webcam inbuilt on Mac OSX no longer delivers camera feed when Google Talk is installed (Injection)
• [FP-5741] SWF file published by Captivate 5 cannot get played properly, and the window turns black and nothing happens
• [FP-5681] Vectors of non-built in classes prevent SWFs from unloading causing memory leaks.
• [FP-5432] Keyboard events are not locked into the player causing the browser to scroll the window only when GPU rendering is enable in the browser
• [FP-5418] Speed test page from vonage fails to render at http://speedtest.vonage.com
• [FP-4773] Debug Player Error Popup Gets Stuck in Safari
• [FP-5416] Facebook game bubble paradise does not respond to mouse clicks when selecting the game level
• [FP-5400] Text on website www.infertosa.com was replaced by "null"
• [FP-5177] Flash will parse wrong xml as correct and can't find out illegal XML content.
• [FP-4945] Multitouch doesn't seem to be working in Full screen mode.
• [FP- 943] Link event doesn't get dispatched for embedded text when textfield or container is moving (animation)
• [FP-4939]  Mac Only.  If the SWF is get loading when the browser window is hidden, the SWF could not get drawn
• [FP-4909] Memory Leak: Can't unload SWF with CFF Fonts after they are used as TextBlock content
• [FP-4751] Video playback is gone when exiting full screen if playing back an html embedded Flash video with width and height that's equal the screen resolution
• [FP-3312]  Unable to load external unicode file names in consistent manner across browsers (IE vs. Plugin)
• [FP-3342]  ATOK IME menu overlaps, obscures text field
• [FP-694, FP-1760]  Date.toString() returns wrong string representation for some dates of Brasilia Time Zone when DST is on on Windows and Mac 

Media measurement (new in desktop only)

Measure video more easily. Media Measurement for Adobe Flash allows companies to get real-time, aggregated reporting of how their video content is distributed, what the audience reach is, and how much video is played. With Adobe Flash Player 10.3 and Adobe SiteCatalyst, powered by Omniture, developers can implement video analytics for websites with as little as two lines of code. Analytics solution providers can use a set of new open APIs to easily implement consistent video analytics regardless of implementation or delivery protocol.

Acoustic echo cancellation (new in desktop only)

Create real-time online collaboration experiences with high-quality audio, such as telephony, in-game voice chat, and group conferencing applications for desktop PCs. Developers can take advantage of acoustic echo cancellation, noise suppression, voice activity detection, and automatic compensation for various microphone input levels. End users will be able to experience higher quality audio, facilitating smoother conversation flow, without using a headset.

Support for mobile platforms

Enable content to reach users across a range of mobile devices, including netbooks, tablets, and smartphones virtually anywhere. Targeted mobile operating systems for Flash Player include Android, BlackBerry TabletOS, and HP webOS.* A porting kit and Linux based reference implementation is available to Open Screen Project partners to port Flash Player to other platforms.

Simplified local storage management (new in desktop only)

Get more control over user privacy with a simpler way to clear local storage from the browser settings interface — similar to how users clear their browser cookies today. It integrates control of local storage with the browser's privacy settings in Mozilla Firefox 4, Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and later, Google Chrome 11 (available in Dev Channel), and a future release of Apple Safari.

Local settings manager (new in desktop only)

Manage Flash Player privacy, security, and storage settings more easily with streamlined controls. Users can access the Flash Player Settings Manager directly from the Control Panel or System Preferences on Windows, Mac, and Linux computers.

Auto-update notification for Mac OS (new in desktop only)

Stay current more easily with new features and capabilities thanks to support for automatic notification of software updates on Mac OS.

Media measurement (new in desktop only)

Measure video more easily. Media Measurement for Adobe Flash allows companies to get real-time, aggregated reporting of how their video content is distributed, what the audience reach is, and how much video is played. With Adobe Flash Player 10.3 and Adobe SiteCatalyst, powered by Omniture, developers can implement video analytics for websites with as little as two lines of code. Analytics solution providers can use a set of new open APIs to easily implement consistent video analytics regardless of implementation or delivery protocol.

Acoustic echo cancellation (new in desktop only)

Create real-time online collaboration experiences with high-quality audio, such as telephony, in-game voice chat, and group conferencing applications for desktop PCs. Developers can take advantage of acoustic echo cancellation, noise suppression, voice activity detection, and automatic compensation for various microphone input levels. End users will be able to experience higher quality audio, facilitating smoother conversation flow, without using a headset.

Support for mobile platforms

Enable content to reach users across a range of mobile devices, including netbooks, tablets, and smartphones virtually anywhere. Targeted mobile operating systems for Flash Player include Android, BlackBerry TabletOS, and HP webOS.* A porting kit and Linux based reference implementation is available to Open Screen Project partners to port Flash Player to other platforms.

Simplified local storage management (new in desktop only)

Get more control over user privacy with a simpler way to clear local storage from the browser settings interface — similar to how users clear their browser cookies today. It integrates control of local storage with the browser's privacy settings in Mozilla Firefox 4, Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and later, Google Chrome 11 (available in Dev Channel), and a future release of Apple Safari.

Local settings manager (new in desktop only)

Manage Flash Player privacy, security, and storage settings more easily with streamlined controls. Users can access the Flash Player Settings Manager directly from the Control Panel or System Preferences on Windows, Mac, and Linux computers.

Auto-update notification for Mac OS (new in desktop only)

Stay current more easily with new features and capabilities thanks to support for automatic notification of software updates on Mac OS.

It addresses the Intel HD graphics and Internet Explorer 9 issue.

It addresses the Intel HD graphics and Internet Explorer 9 issue.

Adobe Flash Player 10.3.181.26 includes security enhancements described in Security Bulletin APSB11-18.

Adobe Flash Player 10.3.181.26 includes security enhancements described in Security Bulletin APSB11-18.