Adobe Flash Player 9 Leads a New Generation of Dynamic Media
and Rich Internet Applications
New Cross-Platform Runtime Offers Unprecedented Performance and
Enhanced Programming Model for Delivering Vibrant User
Experiences
SAN JOSE, Calif. June 28, 2006 Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:
ADBE) today announced the availability of Adobe Flash Player 9
(formerly Flash Player 8.5), the next-generation Flash Player
client runtime. Flash Player provides a more secure, lightweight,
robust runtime environment for rich media and enterprise-ready rich
Internet applications. Flash Player 9 achieves up to 10 times
faster performance through ActionScript 3.0 and a new ActionScript
Virtual Machine (AVM), which features a Just In Time (JIT) compiler
that translates ActionScript bytecode to native machine code for
maximum execution speed.
Installed on over 600 million Internet-connected PCs and mobile
devices worldwide, Flash Player provides consistent and predictable
application runtime capabilities across browsers, desktops and
other devices. Flash Player and Adobe Reader provide client runtime
capabilities for the Adobe
Engagement Platform, which delivers a
programming model, tools, components, and services that enable
designers and developers to create and deliver rich, vibrant,
branded content and applications to mass audiences in virtually
every medium.
Laptop Battery Flash Player 9 provides new application runtime capabilities for
Adobe Flex 2, also announced today (see separate release). The Flex
2 product line provides developers with a comprehensive, integrated
set of tools and technology for fast, end-to-end development of
rich and innovative web applications.
%Îdobe Flash technology has been a major force behind Internet TV as we know it, on, engaging experiences, % said Kevin Lynch, senior vice president and chief software architect for Adobe. %íhe inclusion of industry standard H.264 support in Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR, the Adobe Creative Suite product line and Flash Media Server 3 brings new HD capabilities to millions of Flash developers and a new generation of viewers who are turning to the Web as the place to find their favorite shows and video content.%
Thinkpad "Flash Player 9 enables developers to deliver next generation
Web applications with its dramatically increased performance and
leading edge scripting," said Kevin Lynch, senior vice president
and chief software architect at Adobe Systems. "We look forward to
seeing how the community will leverage the newest Flash Player in
their innovative work."
mail, CD, DVD, circuit system, or stream live FLV video presentations over the Internet using Adobe Flash Media Server.*
Microsoft Developers can now deliver powerful and dynamic multimedia
content and applications via ActionScript 3.0 and a new highly
optimized ActionScript Virtual Machine (AVM). ActionScript 3.0 is a
powerful, object-oriented ECMAScript-compliant programming language
that provides a familiar syntax and compelling new language
features such as ECMAScript for XML (E4X), regular expressions, and
a standardized DOM event model. Adobe is an active participant in
the Ecma International Programming Language technical committee
(TC39-TG1) developing the ECMAScript Edition 4 (ES4) standard.
ECMAScript is a foundational standard used by languages such as
Adobe ActionScript, Netscape JavaScript and Microsoft JScript.
Enable your audience to enjoy its video, audio, and interactive experiences consistently and reliably. Adobe Flash® Player, Adobe Media Player, Flash Lite™ 3, Adobe Flex™, and Adobe AIR™ provide unprecedented reach to more than 98% connected computers and a growing number of mobile and other devices.
Laptop Computers "Creating engaging, interactive, and expressive applications is
no easy feat, but Adobe Flash Player 9 and Flex 2 make the process
seamless, from development to delivery," said Darron Schall,
developer of the FC64 Commodore C64 Emulator. "The vastly optimized
ActionScript 3.0 application program interfaces (APIs) in Flash
Player 9 enabled me to provide an open-source real-time emulator
for the Commodore 64 to the community."
If you have installation questions or need help troubleshooting Adobe Flash Player, go to our Support Center. Get answers about Adobe Flash Player licensing, content development for Adobe Flash Player, and more in our list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). For rmation on Adobe Flash Player and privacy, please visit the Flash Player Privacy & Security Center.
Laptop Computer The AVM was built from the ground up to offer breakthrough
performance and features, including more efficient memory
utilization, faster application start-times, improved debugging and
full runtime error reporting. Developers can leverage existing
skills to quickly and easily build complex rich Internet
applications.
Still available to users of Sorenson Squeeze 4. based codecs, Sorenson Spark Pro and, for an additional $100 purchase, in. “ 4 is a great addition to the Adobe Flash player, 4 video will play in the Flash player, % said Matt Cupal, president and COO of Sorenson Media. “Sorenson Squeeze 4.8 for Flash simplifies the producer’s job by automatically constraining their video to something Flash will accept. use compression application on the market..%
Desktop Computer Instant adoption of Flash Player 9 will continue to be
facilitated via Flash Player Express Install and auto-update
notification for current Flash Player users. According to NPD Group
Research, new versions of Flash Player reach 80 percent of
Internet-connected desktops in approximately 12 months. For more
information about Flash Player adoption rates, please visit .
Notebooks "Adobe's Flash Player is adopted so quickly and broadly that
unlike other client runtimes, we have a lot of confidence that new
innovations taking advantage of Flash Player 9 will reach all our
constituents in very short order," said Michael Labriola, founding
partner at Digital Primates.
Pricing and Availability
Lenovo Adobe Flash Player 9 is available immediately as a free download
at www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer . Flash Player 9 is available in
both English and localized versions and is offered for both Windows
and Macintosh operating systems. To learn more about Adobe Flash
Player 9, please visit www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer . For system
requirements, please visit
www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/productinfo/systemreqs/ .
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