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Adobe Flash Player Beta 2 Released

Posted July 4, 2008 at 10:28pm by iClarified · 6555 views
Adobe Flash Player Beta 2 has been made available for download and includes new features and fixes.

The Flash Player 10 beta is available in all supported languages; however, the beta installers are only in English and we can only accept feedback in English at this time. Flash Player beta downloads are available in the following forms:

* Windows ActiveX Control
* Windows Plugin
* Macintosh OS X (10.4 and above) Universal Binary Plugin
* Linux Plugin

Flash Player 10 includes new features, enhancements and bug fixes, including:

* Creative Expression
o Custom Filters and Effects
o 3D Effects
o New Text Engine
o Text Layout Components
o Drawing API Enhancements
o Color Management

* Visual Performance Improvements
o GPU Compositing
o GPU Blitting
o Anti-Aliasing Engine (Saffron 3.1)
o Vector Data Type

* Rich Media
o Enhanced Sound APIs - new with 7/2/08 build
o Dynamic Streaming
o RTMFP (Real Time Media Flow Protocol)
o Speex Audio Codec

* Other Community Requested Enhancements
o Linux WMODE - new with 7/2/08 build
o Video4Linux v2 Support - new with 7/2/08 build
o unloadAndStop - new with 7/2/08 build
o Limited Fullscreen Keyboard Access - new with 7/2/08 build
o File Reference
o Dynamic Sound Generation
o Large Bitmap Support
o Context Menu
o GB18030 Compliance
o Ubuntu OS Support