Comments on: Flash Rant! 64 bit Flash Player for Windows please! http://blog.geminilearning.com/2009/03/26/flash-rant-64-bit-flash-player-for-windows-please/ David Jumeau's take on Web-related technologies, the Flash Platform, E-learning, and other cool stuff Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:43:15 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: QINGU http://blog.geminilearning.com/2009/03/26/flash-rant-64-bit-flash-player-for-windows-please/comment-page-1/#comment-160 QINGU Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:09:12 +0000 http://blog.geminilearning.com/?p=216#comment-160 Well Everyone from above do have a very interesting point, regarding your lack of 64-bit support on Window OS systems, but frankly could careless whether or not if a advertiser was unable to market toward my attention. But what pissed me off was the reminders to install a flash player that doesn't exist, well in a commercial sence anyways. But, I don't understand why not just retro-fit the preexisting 32-bit for 64bit use, and I realize first hand its alot of reprogramming to and twacky issues to intergrate. But, if your taking this long just to write one from scrach, you might as well just send a half baked one that works well enough untill you can send out a pure version. I mean what the hell are you paying your software guys for anyway. But don't tell me it's impossible to retro- fit the old one, cause it is possible if you belive otherwise you need to think more creatively. Cause when you have nothing beter to do, and looking for something to occupy your time, and don't care if you crash windows or if your hardware friezz. You'd be amazed what a bored prick like me could do. I was acctually considering send it but, I'm having second toughts. Besides you don't pay me. Or if were to send it you'll look at the type of shit I did to it and who knows, I just might be the days joke in the office. You'd think I was on crack in order to come with the solution. But the main point is that I could care less on about the flash media on the internet, telling me "CLICK NOW YOUR THE MILLIONTH CUSTOMER". I just got tired of it kept telling me to install it. I could be simple and just switch, but I'm damn stubborn and should not even need to in the first place. But all in all, What do you pay your programmers for anyways? to sit there and look pretty, shoot I sure hope not, well unless you get one "Crack Wrist". It's Sept '10 Get on the Ball. Well Everyone from above do have a very interesting point, regarding your lack of 64-bit support on Window OS systems, but frankly could careless whether or not if a advertiser was unable to market toward my attention. But what pissed me off was the reminders to install a flash player that doesn’t exist, well in a commercial sence anyways. But, I don’t understand why not just retro-fit the preexisting 32-bit for 64bit use, and I realize first hand its alot of reprogramming to and twacky issues to intergrate. But, if your taking this long just to write one from scrach, you might as well just send a half baked one that works well enough untill you can send out a pure version. I mean what the hell are you paying your software guys for anyway. But don’t tell me it’s impossible to retro- fit the old one, cause it is possible if you belive otherwise you need to think more creatively. Cause when you have nothing beter to do, and looking for something to occupy your time, and don’t care if you crash windows or if your hardware friezz. You’d be amazed what a bored prick like me could do. I was acctually considering send it but, I’m having second toughts. Besides you don’t pay me. Or if were to send it you’ll look at the type of **** I did to it and who knows, I just might be the days joke in the office. You’d think I was on crack in order to come with the solution.

But the main point is that I could care less on about the flash media on the internet, telling me “CLICK NOW YOUR THE MILLIONTH CUSTOMER”. I just got tired of it kept telling me to install it. I could be simple and just switch, but I’m damn stubborn and should not even need to in the first place. But all in all, What do you pay your programmers for anyways? to sit there and look pretty, shoot I sure hope not, well unless you get one “Crack Wrist”. It’s Sept ’10 Get on the Ball.

]]> By: Jay http://blog.geminilearning.com/2009/03/26/flash-rant-64-bit-flash-player-for-windows-please/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Jay Sun, 23 May 2010 22:39:17 +0000 http://blog.geminilearning.com/?p=216#comment-148 I have swtiched to HTML5 beta on youtube because of adobe. I can not believe that there is still NOT a 64 bit flash player still. At least a beta. I hope this causes them to lose market share now. F Adobe. HTML5. Everyone should do this to protest them. I have swtiched to HTML5 beta on youtube because of adobe. I can not believe that there is still NOT a 64 bit flash player still. At least a beta. I hope this causes them to lose market share now. F Adobe. HTML5. Everyone should do this to protest them.

]]> By: JimR http://blog.geminilearning.com/2009/03/26/flash-rant-64-bit-flash-player-for-windows-please/comment-page-1/#comment-147 JimR Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:24:39 +0000 http://blog.geminilearning.com/?p=216#comment-147 Hello, Want Adobe to stand up and take notice? Start using 64-bit Web Browsers exclusively. Guess what happens? All those web sites you visit will log that they were visited by an MS Windows 64-bit Browser and web site owners/admins will see that they have been unable to deliver their 32-bit Flash Advertisements and content to you. I think it's likely they would have something to say to Adobe about that. Or they might just quit purchasing Adobe Flash and find an alternative. When did the Linux Alpha version come out? Overn a year ago now. When did Windows 7 come out? It's now been six full months. In my opinion, until such time I see 64-bit Flash for Windows, I consider it to be Vaporware. It may not have the notoriety of Duke Nuke'em Forever, yet, but it's Vaporware. @admin As far as waiting for another year or two for a Windows PC 64-bit version? Speaking for myself, I'm not waiting around for vaporware. I'm doing all my browsing with 64-bit Web Browsers now. I imagine that all the websites I visit that have Flash content and Adverstisments, are logging that their site has been visited by a 64-bit Web Browser, and therefore, were not able to Advertise or send me their Flash content. Wonder what these websites owners and their admins think about Adobe regarding this situation... a full year after the Linux Alpha was released, and with Windows 7 having been out for a full six months now. Maybe not much, since I'm just one guy. But I wonder how many other people might be starting to do the same? I know for a fact there are some others doing the same. Things usually seem to happen and change at a fairly rapid pace in the software world. When it comes to the Windows PC's of the world, I think that Windows 7 64-bit be be embraced pretty quickly since it seems to be an excellent version of MS Windows. With that said, I think if Adobe doesn't get off their ass and release a 64-bit version soon, Flash will soon become a thing of the past for Windows PC's. Now, what I'm actually ticked off at is 64-bit Internet Explorer 8. Seems like 80% of the places I go I am prompted to install Adobe Flash in the IE 64-bit browser. I thought perhaps there'd be a way to get rid of this prompting and I have Goolged to try to find an answer, but I have yet to find a way. I went into IE8's security settings and disabled every option that says 'ActiveX' in it. Now, I get an 'Information Bar' that says... "An addon for this website failed to run. Check the Security settings in Internet Options for potential conflicts". What it comes down to is, this in-window Information Bar pop-up is just like being prompted to install Adobe Flash, it just says something different in it's text message is all. You can right-click on it and it'll give you a context menu with one choice, 'Information Bar Help'. You click on that and read where it tells you how to turn the Information Bar off by going into the Security settings and Enable 'Automatic Prompting for ActiveX'. What a joke. It just takes you back to square one where you'll now be prompted to install Adobe Flash every time by an Information Bar. In other words, you get an 'Information Bar' whether you like it or not. To me that equates to... there is no way to turn off the Information Bar. To say in the help that you can is a lie imo. But, I can use 64-bit Namoroka(Firefox) and go to 'about:config' and disable it on that Browser, so that's what I've decided to use. CORRECTION: I have to correct what I just said above. I was wrong. But I'm going to leave my above text as-is anyway. When setting Security options that have 'ActiveX' in the name to Disabled... and setting the 'Automatic Prompting for ActiveX' to Enabled, I get the Information Bar message "An addon for this website failed to run. Check the Security settings in Internet Options for potential conflicts", rather than the Information Bar that prompts me to install Adobe Flash. Regards Hello,

Want Adobe to stand up and take notice? Start using 64-bit Web Browsers exclusively. Guess what happens? All those web sites you visit will log that they were visited by an MS Windows 64-bit Browser and web site owners/admins will see that they have been unable to deliver their 32-bit Flash Advertisements and content to you. I think it’s likely they would have something to say to Adobe about that. Or they might just quit purchasing Adobe Flash and find an alternative.

When did the Linux Alpha version come out? Overn a year ago now. When did Windows 7 come out? It’s now been six full months. In my opinion, until such time I see 64-bit Flash for Windows, I consider it to be Vaporware. It may not have the notoriety of Duke Nuke’em Forever, yet, but it’s Vaporware.

@admin As far as waiting for another year or two for a Windows PC 64-bit version? Speaking for myself, I’m not waiting around for vaporware. I’m doing all my browsing with 64-bit Web Browsers now. I imagine that all the websites I visit that have Flash content and Adverstisments, are logging that their site has been visited by a 64-bit Web Browser, and therefore, were not able to Advertise or send me their Flash content. Wonder what these websites owners and their admins think about Adobe regarding this situation… a full year after the Linux Alpha was released, and with Windows 7 having been out for a full six months now. Maybe not much, since I’m just one guy. But I wonder how many other people might be starting to do the same? I know for a fact there are some others doing the same.

Things usually seem to happen and change at a fairly rapid pace in the software world. When it comes to the Windows PC’s of the world, I think that Windows 7 64-bit be be embraced pretty quickly since it seems to be an excellent version of MS Windows. With that said, I think if Adobe doesn’t get off their *** and release a 64-bit version soon, Flash will soon become a thing of the past for Windows PC’s.

Now, what I’m actually ticked off at is 64-bit Internet Explorer 8. Seems like 80% of the places I go I am prompted to install Adobe Flash in the IE 64-bit browser. I thought perhaps there’d be a way to get rid of this prompting and I have Goolged to try to find an answer, but I have yet to find a way. I went into IE8′s security settings and disabled every option that says ‘ActiveX’ in it. Now, I get an ‘Information Bar’ that says… “An addon for this website failed to run. Check the Security settings in Internet Options for potential conflicts”. What it comes down to is, this in-window Information Bar pop-up is just like being prompted to install Adobe Flash, it just says something different in it’s text message is all. You can right-click on it and it’ll give you a context menu with one choice, ‘Information Bar Help’. You click on that and read where it tells you how to turn the Information Bar off by going into the Security settings and Enable ‘Automatic Prompting for ActiveX’. What a joke. It just takes you back to square one where you’ll now be prompted to install Adobe Flash every time by an Information Bar. In other words, you get an ‘Information Bar’ whether you like it or not. To me that equates to… there is no way to turn off the Information Bar. To say in the help that you can is a lie imo. But, I can use 64-bit Namoroka(Firefox) and go to ‘about:config’ and disable it on that Browser, so that’s what I’ve decided to use.

CORRECTION:
I have to correct what I just said above. I was wrong. But I’m going to leave my above text as-is anyway. When setting Security options that have ‘ActiveX’ in the name to Disabled… and setting the ‘Automatic Prompting for ActiveX’ to Enabled, I get the Information Bar message “An addon for this website failed to run. Check the Security settings in Internet Options for potential conflicts”, rather than the Information Bar that prompts me to install Adobe Flash.

Regards

]]> By: pete http://blog.geminilearning.com/2009/03/26/flash-rant-64-bit-flash-player-for-windows-please/comment-page-1/#comment-146 pete Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:40:39 +0000 http://blog.geminilearning.com/?p=216#comment-146 Whats up with adobe just installed windows 7 64 bit microsoft is not to blame for this one.adobe would have had full knowledge of microsoft's os plans. they are very lazy and have done there creadiblenes no good at all.adobe you have a lot of very upset people out there.Whats up with you we all wont the 64bit flash player. Whats up with adobe just installed windows 7 64 bit microsoft is not to blame for this one.adobe would have had full knowledge of microsoft’s os plans. they are very lazy and have done there creadiblenes no good at all.adobe you have a lot of very upset people out there.Whats up with you we all wont the 64bit flash player.

]]> By: admin http://blog.geminilearning.com/2009/03/26/flash-rant-64-bit-flash-player-for-windows-please/comment-page-1/#comment-145 admin Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:39:37 +0000 http://blog.geminilearning.com/?p=216#comment-145 Thing is that 64bit development is just taking off. Let's see in a year or two whether Adobe can release a Flash player. Right now, they are concentrating on mobile Flash development. So their resources are prioritized for that. Thing is that 64bit development is just taking off. Let’s see in a year or two whether Adobe can release a Flash player. Right now, they are concentrating on mobile Flash development. So their resources are prioritized for that.

]]> By: Wes http://blog.geminilearning.com/2009/03/26/flash-rant-64-bit-flash-player-for-windows-please/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Wes Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:44:09 +0000 http://blog.geminilearning.com/?p=216#comment-142 The problem is I have a 64-bit OS and I can't take advantage of running the 64-Bit browsers. 32-bit is old school. All CPU's sold now are 64-bit out of the box. SO why don't we stop supporting 32-bit and move on to 64-bit and be done with it. This is an issue because companies still use windows XP which is stupid and also understandable because some drivers don't work on the new windows OS's. Problem is though the companies that use XP should either buy new hardware to run on the new windows OS's or complain to the companies to make new drivers so they can run the hardware on the new OS's. Other than that most consumers use vista or windows 7 now since it's been getting shipped for years on consumer computers. My point is Adobe has had 2 years almost and still haven't came out with an update on the 64-bit flash for windows. How many programmers are on the team? Two? One? Look at other companies that write software. When Vista 64 came out they were on top of it and produced drivers and software that was native to 64-bit OS's fast. Adobe has lagged WAY behind. We are on our 2nd (3rd if you count XP-64) 64-bit OS release and still no 64-bit Flash. Terrible just terrible. The problem is I have a 64-bit OS and I can’t take advantage of running the 64-Bit browsers. 32-bit is old school. All CPU’s sold now are 64-bit out of the box. SO why don’t we stop supporting 32-bit and move on to 64-bit and be done with it. This is an issue because companies still use windows XP which is stupid and also understandable because some drivers don’t work on the new windows OS’s. Problem is though the companies that use XP should either buy new hardware to run on the new windows OS’s or complain to the companies to make new drivers so they can run the hardware on the new OS’s. Other than that most consumers use vista or windows 7 now since it’s been getting shipped for years on consumer computers.

My point is Adobe has had 2 years almost and still haven’t came out with an update on the 64-bit flash for windows. How many programmers are on the team? Two? One? Look at other companies that write software. When Vista 64 came out they were on top of it and produced drivers and software that was native to 64-bit OS’s fast. Adobe has lagged WAY behind. We are on our 2nd (3rd if you count XP-64) 64-bit OS release and still no 64-bit Flash. Terrible just terrible.

]]> By: admin http://blog.geminilearning.com/2009/03/26/flash-rant-64-bit-flash-player-for-windows-please/comment-page-1/#comment-137 admin Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:39:57 +0000 http://blog.geminilearning.com/?p=216#comment-137 Have you tried 32-bit Firefox? That should work well. As for your 32 bit IE, I am not sure why that is happening. Sometimes I get a situation when a program doesn't appear, I check the Task Manager (Ctrl-Alt-Delete and Select Task manager. You can see if whether the program is running and stop the program in the processes tab.) Then restart. Have you tried 32-bit Firefox? That should work well. As for your 32 bit IE, I am not sure why that is happening. Sometimes I get a situation when a program doesn’t appear, I check the Task Manager (Ctrl-Alt-Delete and Select Task manager. You can see if whether the program is running and stop the program in the processes tab.) Then restart.

]]> By: jimmy http://blog.geminilearning.com/2009/03/26/flash-rant-64-bit-flash-player-for-windows-please/comment-page-1/#comment-136 jimmy Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:42:41 +0000 http://blog.geminilearning.com/?p=216#comment-136 world isnt ready for 64 bit os yet. -most apps ain't. while flash player may have a 64 bit version in development, there aren't any say 64 bit version of adobe reader, skype, games, etc. so the world will have to wait till 32 bit hits end of road in 2038. world isnt ready for 64 bit os yet. -most apps ain’t. while flash player may have a 64 bit version in development, there aren’t any say 64 bit version of adobe reader, skype, games, etc. so the world will have to wait till 32 bit hits end of road in 2038.

]]> By: jimmy http://blog.geminilearning.com/2009/03/26/flash-rant-64-bit-flash-player-for-windows-please/comment-page-1/#comment-135 jimmy Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:04:01 +0000 http://blog.geminilearning.com/?p=216#comment-135 reason why linux has a 64 bit version in development is because windows 64 bit os will run 32 bit apps out of the box whereas in 64bit linux - you are left on your own to download the 32 bit libraries required by the 32 bit app. why linux packagers won't include it - i dunno? guess in a commercial company, if you break all of the customer's collection of 32 bit apps (costly apps like photoshop, etc. ), your ass in on the line? someone to answer to and take the fall . sometime it pays to buy an os reason why linux has a 64 bit version in development is because windows 64 bit os will run 32 bit apps out of the box whereas in 64bit linux – you are left on your own to download the 32 bit libraries required by the 32 bit app. why linux packagers won’t include it – i dunno? guess in a commercial company, if you break all of the customer’s collection of 32 bit apps (costly apps like photoshop, etc. ), your *** in on the line? someone to answer to and take the fall . sometime it pays to buy an os

]]> By: Juanita Yager http://blog.geminilearning.com/2009/03/26/flash-rant-64-bit-flash-player-for-windows-please/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Juanita Yager Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:06:22 +0000 http://blog.geminilearning.com/?p=216#comment-134 I've tried using my 32 bit version of IE that's on my 64-bit computer. However, when I try to open it, the screen flashes for a second but never opens the program. I can use 32 bit Chrome, but some programs don't work well on it. Any help? I’ve tried using my 32 bit version of IE that’s on my 64-bit computer. However, when I try to open it, the screen flashes for a second but never opens the program. I can use 32 bit Chrome, but some programs don’t work well on it. Any help?

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