Flash Player support on 64-bit operating systems

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Ok this is nothing new. I am sure that there are 100's of thousands of hits to the adobe page http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/000/6b3af6c9.html

I understand that Adobe is working on it (you would hope it has been 3 years now). Anyway I think it is interesting that when you are redirected to the Adobe KB page telling you that there is not a 64 bit version of flash it tells you that "this content requires flash" Duh. Come on adobe Flash team you have known about the 64 bit OS for years now and the use the 32 bit browser is not going to work with Windows 7 users. I am looking forward to the 64 bit flash version! A release date would be good if anyone knows of one. It would save all of us users time so we can stop checking back.

Anonymous · Answer

Frankly I think Adobe is treating its customers shabbilly in this regard. There is a much larger 64 bit windows installed base than 64 bit linux, yet adobe have released the 64 bit linux support first, and not even announced the 64 bit windows version in any way for over a year.

Come on Adobe, we understand you and Microsoft are competitors, but don't let your users get caught in the cross fire. There are now close to as many computers running 64 bit windows than there are running any version of linux, or any version of mac os, 32 bit included.

It has been over a year and a half since Adobe even updated its position on this issue on its web site. Search bing for 64 bit flash and you get 32 million hits. 64 bit windows is nearly 3 years old as a released product, and 4+ years in terms of dobe having access to it.

Adobe, surely at the very least, you owe it to your customers to tell them when you plan to address this.

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