In June of this year, the Adobe Flash team released version 10.1 of the Flash plugin/player. This was the version that would fix all the problems Flash had. No more bogging down of browsers. Adobe® Flash® Player is a lightweight browser plug-in and rich Internet application runtime that delivers consistent and engaging user experiences, stunning audio/video playback, and exciting gameplay. Installed on more than 1.3 billion systems, Flash Player is.

– We earlier told you about adobe flash player 10.2beta for developers. Adobe has now made a final release of this version of its popular video player to all users. While the beta was primarily a release meant for developers, to test and provide feedback on the new features and enhancements and also on the compatibility of their existing apps, this final release is for use by everyone.

We had already listed here (on Techblissonline.com) some of the popular features in this latest version of adobe flash player, when we reviewed the beta, and they have all been retained in this final version.

If you use internet explorer 9 (which is still in beta), flash player 10.2 will take advantage of hardware accelerated graphics in IE 9, for better graphics performance and seamless composition. IE 9, as you might know, harnesses the power of the computer’s graphic processor and some cool features in windows 7.

In addition to all those smart features and enhancements, Adobe has also introduced some experimental features like H.264 Hardware decoding on Linux platforms. As with every other release, Adobe has also fixed a number of bugs and have also listed several known issues, some of which they are working on. For example, printing SWFs is not enabled in the popular Google Chrome browser, and they are working with Google to resolve it. Likewise, printing flash files are not enabled in Safari browser on Windows platforms and they are working with Apple to resolve it (Why not Microsoft too?.)

If you are a fan of “lifeinaday” channel on Youtube, you will be happy to note that adobe is working on the known issues like video pausing when entering or exiting full screen mode and incorrect video positioning.

Download Adobe Flash Player 10.2.152.26

Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Download For Mac

You should get flash player 10.2 for its improvements and bug fixes, though they may not be as significant as the improvements of adobe flash player 10.1 over flash player 10.

Check out Adobe’s release notes for the more complete list of features, bug fixes, system requirements and known issues.It is available for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Install Flash For Mac

To download the above version, use a browser other than Google chrome (for eg: Firefox). Google chrome already includes a built-in flash player, that will automatically update whenever new versions are available.

Verify/test Installed Versionof Adobe Flash Player

Adobe recommends that you to have the most updated version of Flash Player. However, you can install a previous version of Flash Player by following these steps:

Uninstall the existing version. If a new version is installed, you cannot install a previous version. Use the steps provided in the following docs to uninstall Flash Player.

Download the installer for the previous version of Flash Player from the Archived Flash Player versions page. This page provides links to the archived Flash Player installation files.

Note:

Flash Player 10.3 is the oldest version with the up-to-date security settings.

Extract the zip file. The zip file contains the installers for all the supported operating systems. The file also contains the debug version of Flash Player for the supported operating systems.

Move to the directory based on the system architecture of your computer. For example, if your computer is 64 bit, move to the directory, <version_number>_64.bit.

Double-click the installer and complete the installation.

For more information, see the following:

• Windows