Reviews of Adobe Flash Player

Reviewer

Version

Review

Storytellerofsci-fiction	Nov 17, 2009	10.1 Pre-Release	3 out of 5	You need to go over to Adobe and get the proper one this is the plugin only....the one for Firefox and other browsers not "Internet Explorer" listed above.... go over.... here.....http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html And get what you really need from Adobe Labs this is a developer edition so be ready for stuff that may be wrong you can always uninstall.

Juhandra	Nov 17, 2009	10.1 Pre-Release	1 out of 5	Hopefully, there will be serious alternatives to this Adobe garbage. If only Adobe was willing to cooperate.

GadgetPig	Jul 31, 2009	10.0.32.18	5 out of 5	Awesome, they fixed the security issues relatively quickly. Don't know why there is such a negative vibe round here. Not like it slows my system down or anything. But for those heavy content/media sites it's a requirement to have.

Kylde	Jul 31, 2009	10.0.32.18	2 out of 5	what are you talking about dudeboy? Flash player has NOTHING to do with pdf's. that's Adobe Reader, and no reason to user THAT piece of bloatware, use foxit instead

DudeBoyz	Jul 30, 2009	10.0.32.18	2 out of 5	Frustrating is just how I have to put it. I try 3rd party players that are lean and clean, yet somehow people find a way to make PDF files so they only look right with the actual Adobe Flash Player. It does view just about everything out there, sans some sort of "group collaboration" type of deals, but that's probably not its fault. Free but bloated and that sucks. Still, can't give it a 1 since the alternatives can't handle some that the official can. 2 for now

GerritWittesaele	Jul 30, 2009	10.0.32.18	1 out of 5	The most widespread malware of the moment.

mjm01010101	Jul 30, 2009	10.0.32.18	1 out of 5	1 star for security ****ups again and again.

ron_marz	Jul 30, 2009	10.0.32.18	1 out of 5	Not user-configurable.

cyberia	Jul 30, 2009	10.0.32.18	2 out of 5	Install download quits on Win7 with Flash Player 9. Still no Flash Player for 64-bit systems. Hey, Adobe, it's a new millennium! Wake up!

deevanshi43	Apr 8, 2009	10.0.22.87	2 out of 5	I just sat through all of the feature tour videos, and I have to say that FP10 looks and sounds fantastic. I'm really looking forward to the new (inevitable) Flash/Flex updates so I can get stuck into the FP10 features. The new text jeux de casino related stuff, 3D API, local file loading/saving, and hardware accelerated bitmap rendering are going to make a huge difference to Flash based websites.

donbt99	Feb 25, 2009	10.0.22.87	5 out of 5	@LakotaElf, you can find the changelog right here: http://www.filehippo.com...lashplayer_ie/changelog/

LakotaElf	Feb 25, 2009	10.0.22.87	2 out of 5	Due to some kind of error in version 10 I went back to version 9 and have had no further problems. Flash was constantly crashing my browsers, all of them due to this error of which seems I cannot find out what it was. Now, this version 10 I have no idea about, but I am not taking any chances as now I do not trust adobe flash at all. Writing their tech support is useless. Stay with version 9 as this version is no better and I cannot seem to find out what they did to upgarde it. Isn't there another program you can use for browser plugins to view flash? I am sich of adobe and their crap.

Belarathon	Feb 25, 2009	10.0.22.87	2 out of 5	Still no x64 support? Unbelievable. This is the new millennium, correct?

Sorb	Feb 25, 2009	10.0.22.87	1 out of 5	LOL @ mjm01010101 :) Either that or they post an update just to get another chance to infect us with that #!%& Google toolbar.

mjm01010101	Feb 24, 2009	10.0.22.87	2 out of 5	Probably some system-level vulnerability fixed. We'll never know, this is adobe, after all. edit: I was right, here are the vulns: http://secunia.com/advisories/34012/

DudeBoyz	Oct 25, 2008	10.0.12.36	1 out of 5	This version 10 upgrade completely fried my ability to watch shows off the CWTV site and FOX ON DEMAND, among others. I uninstalled version 10, went to FileHippo.com and snagged version 9 and installed that and suddenly everything was working just fine. This = Bad Version

philosopher_dog	Oct 17, 2008	10.0.12.36	1 out of 5	Works great with Flashblock my fav Firefox addon ever.

raindrop	Oct 17, 2008	10.0.12.36	1 out of 5	still no 64-bit support for Windows...

myboy	Oct 16, 2008	10.0.12.36	4 out of 5	This entry just redirects you to Adobe's site for downloading - and depending on your browser that site may not offer you a download for a local install package (if that's what you prefer or need). If you're using Firefox, Opera, or Safari, you do get a download link to a file - which ends up being: http://fpdownload.macrom...nstall_flash_player.exe If you're using Internet Explorer, however, no link is offered - you only get the browser add-on install method. But if you prefer a true local installer, the link to that package is: http://fpdownload.macrom..._player_10_active_x.exe Note that these are not the same package. AFAIK, there is no single installer for "all" browsers. You need the specific installer for whatever browser you want Flash support in.

catchpole	Oct 16, 2008	10.0.12.36	5 out of 5	eh? ---------------------------------------------- Reviewer: ssb Oct 15, 2008 Version: 10.0.12.36 Slow, ugly, bloated, resource hungry ---------------------------------------------- are you serious? are you sure you're not talkin about java?

nika27	Oct 16, 2008	10.0.12.36	5 out of 5	cowgaR wrote, "thank God, .NET rocks". A .NET based Flash?! Oh yeah, that's just adorable. Thanks but no Silverlight for me!

ssb	Oct 15, 2008	10.0.12.36	2 out of 5	Slow, ugly, bloated, resource hungry but still necessary...

cowgaR	Oct 15, 2008	10.0.12.36	2 out of 5	edit: "heard" that this version accelerates video/effects via 3D accelerator (with OGL 2.0 support) so it might help reduce CPU burden... I don't know if that helps because few flash goodies (youtube and some) brought my 2 QuadCores CPU to 100% most of the time so w/o flashblock I coudln't work... Any sane user knew that it was a BUG in Flash 9, instead of solving it they are using GPU, so be it ;) I'll give it a try but I lost hope already...flash is the most s***ty product running on my rig +1 for GPU support --------------------- crapiest crap ever and the only thing that slows my computer down and doing Vista all sorts of problem... talk about "bad firefox flash handling/plugin" but I really don't care, it is a crap that is torturing my 2 COREs of my precious CPU to 100% most of the time... flashbock, where are thou? after a while: "ehm...sir, I'm not a block guy you're calling, but I have some light in me...my name is Silverlight and I will be avaiable soon..." thank God, .NET rocks (it really does!)

Eric20	Oct 15, 2008	10.0.12.36	5 out of 5	Fantastic. Its so much faster than the previous version. No more hiccups in playback or slowing down my computer. Bravo Adobe for once you got it right.

Diam0nd	Oct 15, 2008	10.0.12.36	5 out of 5	HTML > Flash It's crap, it's slow, it looks lame. But well, it works.

therube	Oct 15, 2008	10.0.12.36	3 out of 5	>> Why would you rush to install this version? Because it fixes vulnerabilities in Flash. Understanding the security changes in Flash Player 10 http://www.adobe.com/dev...0_security_changes.html

Ryusennin	Oct 15, 2008	10.0.12.36	3 out of 5	Still as slow as ever, but hey, it's Flash.

The_Unknown	Oct 15, 2008	10.0.12.36	5 out of 5	WTF with the negative comments.. Updated both Firefox's & IE Adobe Player flawlessly. Works great like always.

mjm01010101	Oct 15, 2008	10.0.12.36	4 out of 5	"I'm rating a 2 because I hate Flash cookies, and because they make it too difficult to view and control your Flash settings. " Flash cookies are harmless. But you can easily disable them. No issues with this version. No need to uninstall the previous version. Everyone should install this ASAP due to clickjacking vulnerabilities in earlier versions: http://www.adobe.com/sup...ulletins/apsb08-18.html

aruprc	Oct 15, 2008	10.0.12.36	4 out of 5	Its working with both IE and Opera here, the vids look a tad better or maybe thats my imagination. To install it remove older version 9 first or it will break your flash.

Undesired Username	Oct 15, 2008	10.0.12.36	2 out of 5	I'm rating a 2 because I hate Flash cookies, and because they make it too difficult to view and control your Flash settings. Flash cookies aren't "harmless"; they compromise your privacy, and they are never automatically deleted. I cannot disable them, because some sites I use (e.g. Pandora.com) require them.

po4ko	Oct 15, 2008	10.0.12.36	5 out of 5	Yes, yes, how dare you stupid Adobe! I am just your average Joe Six Pack, and hate being talked to from some stupid YouTube or CNN Live Feeds, or The Tonight Show or The Colbert Report online,... this just makes me mad!

philosopher_dog	Sep 20, 2008	10.0.12.10 RC	1 out of 5	Adobe is out of touch with the world. Garbage Flash has invaded computers everywhere. Get Flashblock addon to gain some control. Tried v10.x and had to go back to v9.

CyberDoc999	Sep 17, 2008	10.0.12.10 RC	1 out of 5	What is Adobe doing? I installed this on 3 computers and it broke Flash on each of them! I had to go back to version 9 just to watch a video! what a joke!

The Seeker 11	Sep 16, 2008	10.0.12.10 RC	5 out of 5	@ DarkRats http://www.filehippo.com/download_flashplayer_ie/

DarkRats	Sep 16, 2008	10.0.12.10 RC	3 out of 5	This appears to be the plugin for Firefox etc. I installed it, and it still says version 9 for Internet Explorer. Is there a link for the ActiveX flash 10 for Internet Explorer?

us3r	Sep 16, 2008	10.0.12.10 RC	4 out of 5	Much better than previous beta release. This one also fixes the bug where flashplayer wasn't detected on some websites. IMHO they should combine ActiveX and Plugin package into one for Windows.

wolfcat	Sep 15, 2008	10.0.12.10 RC	4 out of 5	re @CyberDoc999 if sites are telling you to update to flash.. it is the sites that are using a version number that is checking for flash that is wrong. Happens way to often that people don't do a > instead of a = :-)

rseiler	Sep 15, 2008	10.0.12.10 RC	4 out of 5	Can anyone speak to CPU usage? I've noticed with v9, that some Flash videos will peg the CPU.

ltsnow	Sep 15, 2008	10.0.12.10 RC	5 out of 5	Working well on all my sites with Firefox.

Sven123456789	Sep 15, 2008	10.0.12.10 RC	1 out of 5	Crappy product doesnt work, its gets a 1. Deal with it. Its getting a 2.9 for a reason.

CyberDoc999	Sep 8, 2008	10 Release Candidate	1 out of 5	Way too many web sites are not working! they tell me to go install Flash player... WTF

guti	Aug 17, 2008	10 Release Candidate	4 out of 5	Getting better and better on x86 platforms... Let's wait for a decent x64 release.

Yakumo	Aug 13, 2008	10 Release Candidate	4 out of 5	Just in case your not simply trolling Adobe Sabz: You need 64 bit codecs plugins etc for 64bit versions of applications (like IE 64bit in Vista64/XP64). This release is a 32bit plugin. They have not announced any plans for a 64 bit Flash or Shockwave yet that I have seen.

Sabz	Aug 13, 2008	10 Release Candidate	2 out of 5	didnt work in my WindowsXP 64bit of IE .. would not even install ..odd though cause it installed fine in Firefox just not IE. an this is Release candidate?

rseiler	Aug 12, 2008	10 Release Candidate	4 out of 5	This is the home page: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10

roj	Aug 12, 2008	10 Release Candidate	3 out of 5	Belarathon: You've got my vote. THREE stars.

Belarathon	Aug 12, 2008	10 Release Candidate	3 out of 5	Hey....here's a nutty idea - how about an x64 version for IE x64 and Firefox x64??????????????????? Nah.....

us3r	Jul 7, 2008	10 Beta 2	3 out of 5	Some websites claim that there is no flash player installed, this wasn't happening with Beta1. I didn't have any crashes though. And seriously why do we need X versions of this flash player for each browser (ActiveX for IE, plugin for Opera, plugin for Firefox...)? Why this can't be unified (I mean the Windows platform)? For people having crashes, you need to uninstall all previous versions first. Here is the link with instructions: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/

kazso	Jul 4, 2008	10 Beta 2	1 out of 5	Firefox 3 crashing on many flash sites with this beta flash player.

The MAZZTer	Jul 4, 2008	10 Beta 2	1 out of 5	The Netscape plug-in (used in Firefox, Opera, etc) likes to crash on a couple of places, most notably the Adobe Flash Player HOME PAGE (the link to the right). Since it's a browser plug-in it brings the whole browser down. Whee. Downgrading to 9 ASAP.

raindrop	Jul 3, 2008	10 Beta 2	1 out of 5	Flash version 10.0 but still no support for 64 bit not for windows nor for linux...

darkfire79	Jul 3, 2008	10 Beta 2	3 out of 5	I installed it to use in Firefox 3.. Youtube worked, but whenever I went to Facebook the browser would crash. Just a heads up.

Diam0nd	Jul 3, 2008	10 Beta 2	5 out of 5	Beta 1 worked great, this works just fine as well.

mjm01010101	May 16, 2008	10.0.1.218 Beta	4 out of 5	Ian C. It does.

Ian C.	May 16, 2008	10.0.1.218 Beta	3 out of 5	Needs to automatically update itself like Silverlight, especially since they're finding so many security holes in it lately.

pforbes	May 16, 2008	10.0.1.218 Beta	5 out of 5	Excellent. Doesn't work under 9x.

ModderXManiac	May 15, 2008	10.0.1.218 Beta	5 out of 5	It works, by Jehova it works, it does perform better, ALOT better, almost double the performance on older and even my current machines, but I am noticing some stability issues and a few bugs that I'm sure will get fixed soon, in the meantime, stick with v9 until 10 is final. I love flash, and know it's here to stay, especially in the video department.

ron_marz	May 15, 2008	10.0.1.218 Beta	1 out of 5	Poor (and restrictive) end-user controls.

ermax18	May 15, 2008	10.0.1.218 Beta	5 out of 5	It is a night and day difference performance wise. I could figure out why Flash 9 could have trouble keeping up when playing a silly little 320x240 video.

mike_diack	May 15, 2008	10.0.1.218 Beta	4 out of 5	With Firefox 3b5 and IE7 on XP SP3, it's much better than Flash 9 - much lower CPU for viewing youtube stuff :)

Cris3	May 15, 2008	10.0.1.218 Beta	5 out of 5	Flash is something you have to have and Adobe makes it. I really like the results I get from installing MS Silverlight. I recommend that too. The X64 guys keep down-rating the different softwares because it lacks X64 support. That is not fair to the hard working individuals and companies who bring us these products. If a software does not apply to you, don't rate it and stop complaining that you are not being catered to your decision to convert your system to a format known to have limited support.

Diam0nd	May 15, 2008	10.0.1.218 Beta	5 out of 5	Well, works for me. Anything else to it?

seier	Apr 10, 2008	9.0.124	5 out of 5	Flash is great. Dude that sucks about the X64 version, thankfully I know enough to not be an early adopter. If you don't have some technical reason for using a 64-bit OS, I strongly encourage you to go back to a 32-bit one. If you don't believe me I encourage you to listen to the Internet Radio show Windows Weekly with Paul Thurott.

Belarathon	Apr 9, 2008	9.0.124	2 out of 5	Seier: I appreciate your comments and sage advice, but a flash player compatible with IE7 x64 is the last frontier for me. I am running Vista x64 and have all drivers & all other software. Vista x64 benches nearly 20% higher than x86 on the same HW, and in my case is, is utterly rock solid. It flat out flies too! I guess when it comes down to it, I'm belly aching about a virtual and literal conduit for advertisements and Spam...on the other hand YouTube is pretty useless without it.

	Apr 9, 2008	9.0.124	1 out of 5	Adobe has become the type of company that anything that has their name in front I avoid. They are going the way of Norton taking the sideroad to cr**

raymundka	Apr 9, 2008	9.0.124	1 out of 5	It has a nice interface, the player installer (such as the prerequisite Adobe Air beta's set up window) tries to be absolutely good looking and up to date. If installed, you get lots of ads and no valuable content at all. I cannot yet figure it out what this whole thing is good for!

mjm01010101	Apr 9, 2008	9.0.124	1 out of 5	Adobe: We'll take a week to fix this zero day on a platform installed on 97% of all internet computers.

wognum	Apr 9, 2008	9.0.124	4 out of 5	Why do you still have ME?? :D

Darkman00	Dec 6, 2007	9.0.115	3 out of 5	This new version is NOT for ME any longer? or will still work for ME (but ME just simply not mentioned?)

Yakumo	Dec 4, 2007	9.0.115	5 out of 5	No problems with Firefox 2 & v3 preb2. This is the final version of the recent beta that includes : # support for H.264 video and HE-AAC audio codecs. # Multi-core support for vector rendering. # Full screen mode with hardware scaling (currently not available on Sparc). # Flash Player cache for common platform components, such as the Flex framework.

mjm01010101	Dec 4, 2007	9.0.115	4 out of 5	Strange popup window that disappears when I attempt the in-browser installation via IE on vista.

horsecharles	Oct 2, 2007	9.0.64.0 Beta	1 out of 5	I agree w/ zeeZee: last couple releases have caused myriad problems on ie7 & Vista... even with most addons disabled. What's interesting is that those problems are fewer on other ie-based browsers... buta nevertheless, not totally absent. Also, problems w/ Gecko browsers... there, rolling back version seems to have fixed things...

Project51	Oct 1, 2007	9.0.64.0 Beta	5 out of 5	I installed this and never got problem. I use flash because it makes surfing much fun. It is also needed in youtube which is really fast now. If you're affraid of having flash as a nausiance, then I feel sorry for you. It's like you're afraid of fire; caveman.

zeeZee	Oct 1, 2007	9.0.64.0 Beta	5 out of 5	alot of people are saying, including myself ie7 vista freezes and crashes alot. i found the fix to ie7 vista doing this. always "run as administrator". it will run great. i did this and it ran for 3 days without closing with 50+ tabs open. ie7 vista. ie7 never crashes or freezes. install flash. ie7 vista freezes and crashes. it aint ie7 that is junk, it is flash. i am almost to the point of what the person down below me said. it it aint got an html version, skip the site. same goes for sloppa, err i mean java.

CT2001	Aug 26, 2007	9.0.60.184 Beta	1 out of 5	Regardless of the version or build, Flash is a nuisance, as bad or worse than clunky and slow Java applets on so many websites back in the '90s. If I come upon a Flash site that doesn't have an HTML version, I simply do not visit the site. Flash just needs to go away, but alas, the sheeple are entranced by bells and whistles. Thankfully, Flash is always disabled on my browser and that is the way it should be.

Dwarden	Aug 22, 2007	9.0.60.184 Beta	4 out of 5	they should release it ... lot of sites still thinks there is no FP installed and demand install of retail build ..

ron_marz	Aug 22, 2007	9.0.60.184 Beta	1 out of 5	Inadequate, insufficient and incomplete end-user controls.

horsecharles	Jun 19, 2007	9.0.60.120	2 out of 5	Reviewer: carstereos Jun 19, 2007 Version: 9.0.60.120 I had to unistall the previous version to get this new Adobe Flash Player 9.0.60.120 to run Uninstall http://kb.adobe.com/self...=tn_14157&sliceId=1 _________________________________________________ Same here. Very good advice, great post.

freeafrog	Jun 19, 2007	9.0.60.120	1 out of 5	Still doesn't work with IE64

rseiler	Jun 19, 2007	9.0.60.120	4 out of 5	This is a beta release: http://weblogs.macromedi...06/flash_player_9_7.cfm

carstereos	Jun 19, 2007	9.0.60.120	4 out of 5	I had to unistall the previous version to get this new Adobe Flash Player 9.0.60.120 to run Uninstall http://kb.adobe.com/self...=tn_14157&sliceId=1

thirty5tech	May 17, 2007	9.0.45.0	5 out of 5	well of course i give this a 5, you need this software install in order to view certain files that are made out of flash, like videos and mp3 players that are created by flash, If you really dont know what plash player is made for, then please dont post any comments about it, Version 8 had a bug on it that let hackers use it to attact your computer, version 9 is out and fixes the problem, Also there is a full stand alone flash player you could get doing a google search..

InSuboRdiNaTioN	Apr 13, 2007	9.0.45.0	2 out of 5	Refuses to install. Tells me I have insufficient disk space. Won't install from their site either. Didn't have this issue with 9.0.28.

wuhu_software	Dec 25, 2006	9.0.28.0	1 out of 5	If there was a -5 rating I could have selected it. What could be more stupid that dragging a potential customer's computer to a screeching halt to play an ad? In order to regain control of my computer, I have to minimize the brower, count to 5 then un-minimize the browser so I can proceed to web a page. If I it were not for my Yahoo mail, I would stop visiting their site altogether. The problem is only growing worse as time goes on. This is not directed at Adobe per say, but if you call this a step forward, it is not. It is ouright annoying. How can these players be so sophiticated, they want to hook up to your mic and web cam yet they cannot save a setting in the registry like "Always Force low quality"? This reminds me of Microsoft and their inability to stop pop-up ads and have a "Back" button that works. Forest Gump would say, "The Internet is like a box of Chocolates, you never know what kind of stupid browser gimmick yer gonna get!"

mjm01010101	Nov 15, 2006	9.0.28.0	4 out of 5	Paul... On all my test systems it worked fine to upgrade.

Paul Skinner	Nov 15, 2006	9.0.28.0	5 out of 5	@stevvie: Unfortunately, due to Adobe's ineptitude at getting the ActiveX control to understand that a newer version is available you have to uninstall flash then reinstall it. A link to the uninstallers: http://www.adobe.com/cfu...e/index.cfm?id=tn_14157

jeck	Jul 18, 2006	9.0.16.0	5 out of 5	Intel P4 915 - 3.4GHz - 1GB RAM - You have to use IE or an IE compatible browser like Maxthon to get this file to install. There is no stand alone file that I can find. You will be redirected to the proper install page only if you are using IE or an IE compatible browser. I installed Flash 9 for Windows for IE with no problem with IE6 SP2. I went to several Flash sites with IE7 Beta3. While I did notice some momentary spiking of CPU usage, more on some sites than others, I never approached 100%, and after the initial loading everything smoothed out. I haven't put it through the wringer yet, but Flash 9 looks pretty good so far.

Deedstyger	Jun 28, 2006	9.0.16.0	3 out of 5	eating %100 cpu load on a site with 2 flash ads on my p3-733!!! are u joking??? seems i ve to uninstall 9 and reinstall 8.. until the day where a site requests me to have 9! this must be a joke! >:[ thank u opera, i dont have to see & download them and see my pc freezes.

alanpalmer	Jun 28, 2006	9.0.16.0	4 out of 5	Great. I use Opera as my default browser, although I use IE for testing and the very occasional site that insists on IE. I tried to download the IE version after installing the FF/Opera etc version, and I was redirected to the page for Opera etc again. Stupid I suppose I'll have to fire up IE to download it...

Paul Skinner	Jun 28, 2006	9.0.16.0	5 out of 5	@stewie: http://www.adobe.com/sho..._Version=ShockwaveFlash It's there, I've got it. Just try again.

stevvie	Jun 28, 2006	9.0.16.0	2 out of 5	not sure what I'm doing wrong here, but I click download now and I am then redirected to adobe website and it installs flashplayer and then say's Version 8,0,24,0 installed successfully. So Where's version 9.0.16.0 ?

geevans1	Jun 9, 2006	9.0.2.0 Beta	1 out of 5	Again, Adobe dismisses the 64 bit community. Well guess what folks, there are a lot more of us and there are more coming! Get with it Adobe or we'll find some other format!

guti	Jun 8, 2006	9.0.2.0 Beta	4 out of 5	Where's the standalone SAFlashPlayer player? When a native 64 bit version?

InSuboRdiNaTioN	May 15, 2006	9.0.0.296 Beta	3 out of 5	Seems a bit buggy. I was having better luck with the previous Alpha release. Go figure.

AdenCloud	Apr 7, 2006	8.5 Alpha 3	5 out of 5	Works smoothly, the way it should.

Wyojake	Feb 15, 2006	8.5 Alpha 3	4 out of 5	actually installed and worked well. a surprise for using 64 bit XP.

UniversityofKentucky	Sep 14, 2005	8.0.22.0	5 out of 5	>This broke flash for me in firefox, (instead of >flash I see nothing) but it might be adblock. This >is a concern because we use adblock across our >company. This may be due to the detect/redirect script not correctly dealing with Macromedia Flash 8. Developers will need to correct this by automatically detecting future versions, rather than rely on manually specifying each version.

bananix	Sep 13, 2005	8.0.22.0	4 out of 5	I think it's possible to install it without the online activex installation if you download the cab file in the ie trigger page (check the page source) and extract it to C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash and select active install in the the .inf files right-click menu but first you probably need to close all instances of ie. It worked for me.

rseiler	Sep 13, 2005	8.0.22.0	4 out of 5	This isn't the standalone? http://fpdownload.macrom...nstall_flash_player.exe

mjm01010101	Sep 13, 2005	8.0.22.0	5 out of 5	This broke flash for me in firefox, (instead of flash I see nothing) but it might be adblock. This is a concern because we use adblock across our company. edit: The fix was to disable object tags in adblock. I never liked those really anyway.

ZenWarrior	Sep 13, 2005	8.0.22.0	3 out of 5	TwoSheds, download and use Maxthon for your occasional I.E. needs. It provides complete and immediate control over Flash at web sites. That aside, Flash is almost as irritating as was the once oft'used HTML "blink" tag. I could certainly live without Flash, or would like to.

twosheds	Aug 19, 2005	8.0.15.0 Beta	3 out of 5	Have to agree with wicketr's post, about Flash/Macromedia (and soon MacrAdobe, I guess)pandering to their corporate and marketing clients by not giving any control to the end-user. I love Flash in itself as a technology, but I hate this kind of 'black box' approach. I use FireFox with many extensions and never see Flash ads any more, so on the rare occasions I have to turn on IE, I really get aggravated by the hideous, unstoppable Flash ads. Jesus, does any company actually make money by aggravating potential clients in this way? Shame on MM/et al for locking the box. Other wise would be five stars.

mjm01010101	Aug 19, 2005	8.0.15.0 Beta	5 out of 5	beocom2500, couldn't have said it better myself.

beocom2500	Aug 11, 2005	8.0.5.0 Beta	5 out of 5	It how the big Windows Based It Cooperations want the new technology to be no privacy all the the rights to the big Cooperations !

pozgayboi	Aug 9, 2005	8.0.5.0 Beta	3 out of 5	Macromedia Flash Player 8 beta is great when it work. I installed it about a month ago and had serious problems with one or two of the .dll files that were used with IE6sp2

..::][Ben][::..	Aug 9, 2005	8.0.5.0 Beta	2 out of 5	It´s all said by wicketr. Once i loved it, now i hate it. Because its getting moore and moore just a toy of advertising without any control by the user :\

wicketr	Aug 8, 2005	8.0.5.0 Beta	3 out of 5	Flash is a great program, HOWEVER, they do not give enough control to the user. As a user, I should be able to enable, or disable certain features. I should be able to keep Flash from flying across my screen and blocking what i'm doing. I should be able to turn Flash off completely if i want. Flash has become and adware advocacy and has begun to lose their users faith in the product. They need to begin adding features for the end users. When a product is used 90% of the time to deliver ads, why would a user want it?? Personally, I use AvantBrowser now because I can turn off flash if need be. It stays off unless i go to a website that has flash buttons for navigation.

nD	Jul 13, 2005	8 Beta	4 out of 5	After installed, 'weather desktop' not working.

DarkMana	Jul 12, 2005	8 Beta	5 out of 5	hmm... wonder if that means mx2004 is about to get updated =P all graphic designers rejoice!

Mike162005	Jul 12, 2005	8 Beta	5 out of 5	Change Log: http://weblogs.macromedi.../11/8ball_and_maels.cfm

pipdipchip	Jul 12, 2005	8 Beta	4 out of 5	I like Flash. I don't know how people can give it a bad rating just because of what it is used for. That's like giving PhotoShop a bad rating just because people could make a fake picture of you.

ModderXManiac	Jul 12, 2005	8 Beta	5 out of 5	You guys are hypocrites. I use flash since I'm a web-media-aholic. If you have problems with adds, thats no reason to trash flash in general. This update resolves a few problems in stick rpg(seriously!) and some other flash based game I play. And neopets tends to run faster in flash with this new version, even tho its a beta. I'm nots sure the beta is for everyone, it does have a few bugs, but many fixes as well, so I give it a 5 as these things are to be expected in a beta. and as for Zootopia3000, maybe you should get the addblocker extension for IE, or just get Maxthon. It does miracles for dialup.

Zootopia3000	Dec 17, 2003	7.0.19.0	3 out of 5	They oughta call it nagware. All flash seems to be used for now is ads and long download(on 56K) page intros. woohoo. Lucky me. I'm so excited and I just can't hide it.

RaveN-FH-	Dec 17, 2003	7.0.19.0	5 out of 5	Version 7,0,19,0 installed successfully... still the standard and still great!

Captain Hook	Dec 17, 2003	7.0.19.0	5 out of 5	Hooray, Just downloaded it and I got my old version installed again, version 7.0.14.0 and NOT 7.0.19.0. I guess someone has f-k something up!

jogygeorge	Nov 30, 2003	7.0.14.0	4 out of 5	Could someone guide me to the downloadable version? I mean, if its possible provide a link to the location where it can just be downloaded rather than installed directly. Thanks

jabaman42	Nov 30, 2003	7.0.14.0	2 out of 5	Yeah it works fine past sp1, i use it now. This link, http://www.lightstar1.com/install.htm or the one posted below both have good info on how to do it. So, while this program got me into using xp styles, i have to agree with the others, its pointless once you know how to patch the uxtheme.dll.

defcon5	Sep 10, 2003	7.0.14.0	4 out of 5	I see a few issues here: how good is the new Flash MX 2004, the player and would I use them? Well, first I have to ask myself if I want to upgrade to Flash MX 2004. I do a lot of development with Flash MX, none of which is used for Web site enhancements. In theory there's a "boost in runtime" which can only be realized with the new player. Actionscript has been improved and smaller fonts are more legible. Any other benefits of upgrading to MX 2004 don't really interest me at this time. If it turns out that MX 2004 is the best thing since sliced pizza and if the Windows player takes advantage of this, I still WOULD NOT upgrade until there are players for Linux, Mac and PDAs. Having said that, I'm sure those players are forthcoming. I will rate the player a four on its own merits, but will not develop applications until there is support for multiple OS.

bsf	Aug 25, 2003	7.0.2.0 Beta	4 out of 5	"serious webmasters stick to mature technologies like php and mysql on the server side and a little javascript on the client side and forget about crap like java or flash or shockwave. you want to make your site more beautiful, use gif pictures. A serious site doesn't need to be overloaded with stupid resources eating gimmicks " Um.. no. I'm a webmaster, although I wouldn't use flash that much, it still comes handy on images that I don't really want people to download and modify and stuff. Sony's main page is designed in flash (Sony Japan) and it's one of the best flash sites I know (cuz it's lite) and javascript it annoying cuz even if you got ONE error, that bottom IE icon goes to that yellow exclamation thing and wouldnt' run properly. And if you argue other browsers wouldn't, okay maybe but the thing is the "user", not us "advanced users" but the normal user are likely to being using IE. Although I agree with someone below that it's kinda stupid to release the beta before the application. Maybe the application is already out, maybe they'll add some support functions in MX, but I don't know what they're going to name it after MX.. MXII?

WRFan	Aug 25, 2003	7.0.2.0 Beta	2 out of 5	last time I installed it IE wouldn't start any longer (quit with error). so if anyone of you has probs remove the flash activex component (it's in %systemroot%\Downloaded Program Files) and reinstall it... or rather don't. Anyway, I must say flash and shockwave suck big time. it's an enforced standard which was enforced by macromedia just to earn money, just as it enforced its coldfusion server on the internet community or similar to how apple enforced quicktime or real enforced realone on us. nobody needs this crap, but some dumb people use it so to see or hear all files one has to install. disadvantages of flash are: 1) no possibility to switch it off (yeah, I know, there are some progz that claim to do that, but they all don't do that correctly) 2) no configuration possibility - flash in highest quality kills my pc, eating all resources, but I can't set it to low quality for ever, it doesn't remember the settings 3) flash is used for advertisement purposes and such flash ads are rather difficult to kill, even if webwasher does it pretty well, but not always. and imho people who use flash on their websites are no serious webmasters. it might look nice, but it annoys the visitors. serious webmasters stick to mature technologies like php and mysql on the server side and a little javascript on the client side and forget about crap like java or flash or shockwave. you want to make your site more beautiful, use gif pictures. A serious site doesn't need to be overloaded with stupid resources eating gimmicks

espectro	Aug 7, 2003	7.0.0.250 Beta	3 out of 5	No linux version, and it is painful to find the standalone installer.

Zootopia3000	Aug 7, 2003	7.0.0.250 Beta	2 out of 5	You'll be needing it when that great browser called Internet Exploder keeps nagging you to upgrade to Flash 7 on every webpage that's flash enabled. And to the "Yeeehaw" below, there has been a standalone installer for some time now. You just didn't dig deep enough.

macesoul	Aug 6, 2003	7.0.0.250 Beta	1 out of 5	What in the world am I supposed to do with a new Flash player? What is new? How am I supposed to use what is new if there is no new Flash application? To the person that said "it supports cameras and microphones", that was in Flash 6. Wake me up when there is an application to go with it.

Zootopia3000	Aug 5, 2003	7.0.0.249 Beta	3 out of 5	Most likely the only improvements are for advertizers. Seems that's all Flash is used for nowadays.

woodengod	Aug 5, 2003	7.0.0.249 Beta	3 out of 5	Could you people from Macromedia, cut the bulsh!tting out and tell us whats new? Is it that difficult?

cooldude7273	Aug 4, 2003	7.0.0.249 Beta	5 out of 5	Yeeehaw! Finally a stand alone installer!

Dirk van Hoofen	Dec 17, 2002	6.0.65.0	1 out of 5	He was is this??? Why do Macromedia not distribute the player as a "stand alone" installation???? That's bad !

bbhermit	Dec 6, 2002	6.0.65.0 Beta	5 out of 5	Hey devilrider. This now comes as a 591KB install file, easily transportable on a disk. They apparently listened! Mark of a good company, eh? ;-)

BootBlock	Dec 5, 2002	6.0.65.0 Beta	5 out of 5	Does exactly what it says it's supposed to do. Nothing else to say, really.

krirk	Nov 15, 2002	6.0.60.65 Beta	5 out of 5	um...

SNYder	Nov 7, 2002	6.0.60.65 Beta	5 out of 5	what else can I say?

guti	Nov 7, 2002	6.0.60.65 Beta	5 out of 5	Excellent product. Lets wait for release 7 to see if they add more programming features, and kills the Java Applet technology.

Palomino	Aug 10, 2002	6.0.47.0	5 out of 5	Macromedia must have read my message.:) The about box now says 6.0.47.0

swirvenkirven	Aug 9, 2002	6.0.47.0	5 out of 5	Seems to work fine.

xahid	Apr 8, 2002	6.0.23.0	3 out of 5	where is stand alone Flash player 6 for WinXP ???

devilrider	Mar 18, 2002	6.0.0.307	4 out of 5	Nice as usual , but as usual not DOWNLOAD-ABLE only install-able. Will thos companies ever understand plz like me who have 5 PC's and don't want to fill out forms for every single PC and need a Downloadable EXE.

StephenBarnes365	Feb 6, 2002	6.0 Beta	4 out of 5	Has camera and microphone support