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Anonymous
December 24, 2016
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Flash Player v24 Firefox

  • December 24, 2016
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Firefox 50.1 and flash v24 was slow but usable.  However since Microsoft Microsoft MS16-154: Security update for Adobe Flash Player on us it is now unusable.

Firefox freezes when ever you go to a page that has needs flash player.

Firefox 50.1 and Flash Player v23 however does work well with MS16-154: Security update for Adobe Flash Player.

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    jeromiec83223024
    jeromiec83223024
    Inspiring
    January 9, 2017

    To be clear, we're not talking about the bitness of Flash Player -- we're talking about Firefox.

    If you're on a 64-bit system, we'll automatically install a plug-in for both 32 and 64-bit browsers, but the 64-bit Flash Player is only going to get used if you're launching it from a 64-bit browser.  If you just go to the main Firefox download page, you'll get the 32-bit browser.  You have to actually go to the "other platforms" page and specifically pull down the 64-bit version if you want to use it.

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    Anonymous
    January 10, 2017

    I understand that but my questions is this.

    What is the difference between these two downloads.

    Windows 64-bit , English , Firefox

    FP 24 for Firefox - NPAPI

    jeromiec83223024
    jeromiec83223024
    Inspiring
    January 10, 2017

    I'm not exactly sure what you're talking about.  Where are you finding these download options?

    The Other Downloads page offers similar options, but they're not quite what you're describing:

    Adobe Flash Player Install for all versions

    There's only one current binary for use on Firefox on Windows.  We have two installer packaging technologies (online vs. offline installers), but the actual plug-ins (32 and 64-bit) that ultimately get deployed are identical regardless of the installer that gets used.

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    Anonymous
    December 30, 2016

    Well as the day went on the worse the performance gets, Hangs, page freezes, and popups that "a script running on this page is not responding" .  I'm back to V23 so at least I can get something done. 

    V24 is terrible.

    jeromiec83223024
    jeromiec83223024
    Inspiring
    January 6, 2017

    There's no difference in the binary deployed from our online or offline installers.  They're the same.  It's just the installation technology that varies.

    Are you using 32 or 64-bit Firefox?  (Task manager will show Firefox (32-bit) if you have the 32-bit variant).  The 64-bit version of Firefox will generally perform better, although there are a couple bugs with the native Firefox sandbox that are still being worked out.  It's a huge improvement in general though, and I'd recommend the switch. 

    I'm not aware of any widespread performance regressions.  If you have a consistently reproducible one with a discrete set of reproduction steps, that would be very helpful.  A set of generalized symptoms is going to be much harder to do anything about.

    The Windows update you're referring to is just the standard monthly update (we're continuously and proactively hardening Flash Player, so they're all technically security updates), and only applied to IE and Edge.  Flash Player for Firefox is distinct, and updated through our update mechanism or via manual installation...

    First things though, if you haven't rebooted since you started experiencing the symptoms, that's probably a great place to start.

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    Anonymous
    January 6, 2017

    Are you using 32 or 64-bit Firefox?

    I am running 32 bit Firefox, but had been running 64 bit Firefox since the 64 bit Beta. 

    In November I needed a plugin that was only supported by 32 bit Firefox so I moved to the 32 bit version at that time.  I've had problems with Flash Player since then.

    Is there a difference between the Flash Player for 32 bit Firefox and 64 bit Firefox?

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    American2020
    Inspiring
    December 27, 2016

    Get an offline installer from here

    Installation problems | Flash Player | Windows 7 and earlier

    Bottom of the page

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    Anonymous
    December 29, 2016
    American2020,

    I Installed from the location you suggested.  Seems to be doing better. 

    What's the difference? 

    Tim

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