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June 28, 2006
Flash Player 9 for Intel Macs
Emmy Huang has a great post about Flash Player 9 that you should check out here. One of the key things she mentions is that a Beta version of Flash Player 9 for Intel Macs will be available in the next couple of days. Emmy's wording on this was a bit confusing, so I went to talk with her for clarification. The team is really close and hoping to get it out this week. However, things do come up and so we don't have an exact date, but it is really soon.Ironically, as I was driving to work this morning, I saw Paul Betlem, who is the head of Flash Player Engineering, walking up Townsend St, so I gave him a ride. We started talking about what's next for the player, and when he told me how close they are to Beta for the Intel Macs, I nearly did a back flip…except for the fact that I was driving and had my seatbelt on! The reason is that over the past couple of months, I have shifted over to a MacBook Pro for my main machine. It allows me to run both Windows and Mac and I love it. However, I was bummed that the only way I could run Flex 2 content was in Windows.
So, when I got to work, I got a link from Paul to the most recent build, installed it, and gave it a whirl. It rocks!!! Despite what Emmy says about it not being completely optimized, which is probably true, I'm really impressed with the performance. So if you're an Intel Mac user like me, it should be here really soon. I promise!
Posted by Mark Anders at June 28, 2006 03:54 PM
Comments
You should have asked him about a Linux player too :-)
Posted by: Tom Chiverton at June 29, 2006 01:47 AM
Yes! I agree with Tom. Linux player is necessary for us.
Posted by: Azazel at August 13, 2006 01:51 PM