So if you are using a G3-based Mac (which is, to be fair, quite old), then this will be your last update. This unavailability is due to performance enhancements that cannot be supported on the older PowerPC architecture. Adobe will be discontinuing support of PowerPC-based G3 computers and will no longer provide security updates after the Flash Player 10.1.53.64 release. The Adobe Flash Player 10.1.53.64 release will be the last version to support Macintosh PowerPC-based G3 computers. It is worth noting that Adobe includes the following note at the bottom of their security advisory: Users can download the new version of Flash Player here.
As Adobe says in its security advisory, “These vulnerabilities could cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.” (Details of individual bugs are provided on the security advisory page.) Altogether, 32 security issues are fixed, in addition the the software providing new features. And he stated again, that when they have hardware acceleration access, Flash ranks up there with any other tech.Security & Privacy Adobe Outs Flash Player 10.1, With Security FixesĪdobe has released a new version of its Flash Player software, and with it has patched a number of security vulnerabilities, including a recent zero-day vulnerability that is being exploited in the wild. Narayen would only says that if they have access to hardware acceleration, Flash is “ as efficient in any tech in the world.”īattelle asked if that meant Adobe still doesn’t have access to Mac graphics hardware. The above instructions are for users of the Mozilla Firefox web browser, as the popular Google Chrome software comes with built-in support for Adobe Flash Player. In other words, he’s saying that despite the attacks by Apple and HTML5, the state of the Flash ecosystem is strong.Ī question the from the audience asked about the battery life issues with Flash on the Mac.
He then said that Flash 10.1, the latest version, has exceeded every other Flash player in history in terms of adoption.
“ The amount of Flash video, despite what you might read in the press, is going through the roof,” Narayen said.
But it led to Narayen revealing on interesting stat. And despite Battelle saying he wouldn’t focus on it, it kept coming back up. The first thing they talked about was Apple. Today during the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen sat down with John Battelle to talk a bit about his company.
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