It was almost a year ago that I was reporting on the 64-bit browser for Mozilla Thunderbird and the absence of a 64-bit flash player from Adobe. Even in October, there were still no updates from Adobe.

It’s been almost a year and there’s been no new, no progress and no updates from Adobe as to when or if users will see a 64-bit version of flash.

Shouldn’t there be more outrage over this?

It’s almost impossible to buy a machine nowadays that’s 32-bit. Windows 7 is going to be the last Operating System to support 32-bit. So you’ve to ask yourself, what the hell is Adobe doing over there?

Is the web developers just lazy and can’t update the website with the new stuff?

Are the support staff just ecstatic about taking calls from people wanting to know where the 64-bit version of Flash?

Are the developers all on vacation and they aren’t allowed to take their laptops with them?

Where is the 64-bit version of Flash??

And WHY is the Internet so dependant on ONE application? It’s hard believe that in all the world, with so many countries, people and knowledge, that ONE companies is responsible for providing this one thing to use a majority of websites.

You can try to make the comparison with other companies, like Microsoft, but no- there’s other Operating Systems. You’ve Ubuntu, Linux, MAC and other distributions, but you’ve to have a FLASH player. That’s the dependency I’m talking about.

The need for an alternative to Adobe Flash is strong. That lack of response and consideration for user from Adobe is obvious. They’re placing themselves out there like ‘Mr. Big Britches’ and they don’t care. And it’s curious that when I see companies act this way, they they don’t realize that they’re causing the turn of technology.

If you won’t support your product, support the customers/users, then the likely result is, your going to be replaced by someone who’s going to provide a better service and faster.

Surprisingly enough, Linux has embraced the trend of having alternatives and several different versions of services/functions, like flash, but the Windows community has little of this and relies heavily on the releases of Adobe. And Adobe released a 64-bit version of Flash for Linux, but not for Windows; it’s very odd.

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And even the latest version of Adobe Flash is plagued with performance problems, developers and users alike are having issues with Flash spiking out the CPU usage on the the websites. Adobe is blaming everyone, but themselves. They’re pointing their finger at bandwidth, hardware, latency and bad programming skills, but the problem seems to be unilaterally the same across all Operating System and browsers; Flash uses tons of resources and process cycles.

So, while I’m anxious to see Adobe release a new version of Flash, I’d rather see an open source alternative to Adobe Flash; more options- with better support.

When I see that happen I’ll let you know.

Thanks,
LHenryJr.
www.lehsys.com

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