Comments on: Flash 10 beta update means you should, too

If you're experiencing a freeze when playing Flash-based content in Firefox 3, be sure you grab the latest version of Flash 10 beta.

[Sabocat]

Of course upgrading to Flash 10 beta will also mean that 40% of the websites you visit wont display because their flash detector will tell you that you need to update to the latest version of Flash to view their content.
Not actually Adobe's fault. It's the fault of the people writing the detection code. Still, it's annoying.

[srosenblatt]

Actually, @sabocat, CNN used to be one of those sites but now works. At least in that one case, this version of Flash 10 beta seems to have fixed the upwards compatibility problem. But if you see more sites that still fail, please mention them here.

[Critical_Mass]

Hello Adobe!

I have already seen this and was redirected to Adobe...but I was not using a BETA.

= Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 (which was the newest for Macintosh via Safari 3.1.2)

"dance with the one that brung you"

[MrMe003]

well with chrome, flash 10 isnt fix the lag problem because in chrome every multimedia plugins act like this like a wmplayer and realplayer content so it isnt a flash plugin error it is the chrome core witch handling these media plugins.

[major_pluck]

I have the same 2s flash lockup on chrome, just as in FF3. But you can use the chrome task manager (shift + esc) and kill the flash plugin and reload the page. Simpler than having to restart FF3. O

[Lerianis]

Sorry, but nothing from Adobe that is 'beta' is going to get on my computer. Call back when it's the final version, Adobe.... I've had too many problems with beta versions of your software.

[JosephPurell]

Im having issues at various flash sites ... driving me crazy .... youtube and pandora are working for me
but sites like sleep.fm and slacker.com are not .... erggh

Anyone have issues with those sites and the flash not working ..... i may need to do a complete reinstall ... sigh

[actualtiger]

if not already done, install IETab extension - get it here https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419

make sure you have the Flash IE add installed - get it here http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash

put "http:
www.slacker.com" into IETabs filter list

type slacker.com into the awful bar, hit enter

if it works do the same for sleep.fm and any other problematic sites and buy me a virtual beer next time you're in a virtual bar

if it does not work, disable all you extensions, select the default theme, disable all other plug-ins

now try slacker.com

if it works then enable plugs-ins, themes and extensions ONE AT A TIME in that order; after enabling each item exit FX ensuring you're clearing cache every time you do so -- Options->Privacy->Private Data .... is the place to do that

Test slacker

Eventually slacker will stop working and the cause will the last plug-in, theme extension you enabled - ask yourself if you can live without it, if so, then uninstall it and buy me that virtual beer. If not then use IE to look at slacker etc then buy me that virtual beer.

[biren4u]

just goood one

[actualtiger]

I think I'll stick with the old Flash 10 beta - it works and has always worked for me. I just went to slacker.com and it seems to be OK

But Silverlight 2.0 has stopped working in Fx 3.0.1, its definitely an Fx problem, not a NoScript problem like last time. I happened to have all 47 extensions disabled at the time, so I disabled al the other plug-ins - type microsoft.com into the awful bar - Fireface comes tumbling down, Go to Mozillazine to let folks know about the problem, but its not accepting posts.

Whats changed, FireFarce is what changed, from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1, Silverlight is still V2.0 beta 2. And it's not the SL content that's the problem it's the mere presence of SL - when I have Noscript enabled and Silverlight blocked FireFog still crashes..

If I enable IETab and put the SL site (eg microsoft.com) into its filter list then all is well, but running the trident engine is not a viable solution, I might as well use IE8 for everything.

Not sure if the IETab trick will work for folks having Flash problems, I suspect it might - so put the urls of the sites giving you problems into IETab's filter list and you'll probably be closer where you wanna be.

[Lerianis]

Funny.... I'm not having any problems with the Microsoft website in Firefox 3.0.1, I have NoScript installed, and it is working fine for me.
Something has gotten corrupted in your installation. Save your bookmarks file to an external .html using the Bookmarks Manager in Firefox, delete the folder with your profile in it, then start Firefox again and let it build a new profile. If your problem hasn't vanished then..... your Firefox installation has gotten a virus or gotten hosed, and you will need to do a total uninstall/re-install on it.

[Lerianis]

This isn't a problem with Firefox and Adobe. I had this problem on my old machine, and it turned out that ANOTHER plugin was interfering with the Flash and Shockwave plugins, keeping them from working. I deleted that plugin and re-installed the new version of it..... it fixed the problem.
What plugin was it? The one for Quicktime videos, which I don't bother installing anymore because I don't watch Quicktime videos on my machine anymore.

[birger001]

i am having problems because of lackpf this software,Anouing (I think)
Birger Denmark

[shamsoo]

i wanna to this flash player i need't

[Maasle]

I have never had a problem with embedded video playback. I use Firefox 3.01 and Flash 9. Works perfect. Also the CNN link in the article. So the problem isnt with Firefox or adobe .. probably some other crap people have installed.

[ArmoredCavalry]

Yeah, I was gonna say. I have had Firefox 3 forever, and have never gone past flash 9. Not sure what other's issues are, but flash 9 definitely works with Firefox 3, at least for me. I suggest Cnet checks this out before declaring to the world that something is incompatible, when it is in fact it could be only their test machine.

[rrshnk]

This version is not working,, I'm getting messages like "not supported internet browser" and "flash 9 or higher needed".

[Arun Yegneshwar]

I had been Using the stable version 9. I had not experienced any problems till day
I would upgrade as soon as a stable 10 version is released

[thgladiator]

goooooooooooooooooooooooood

[mattumanu]

Hold it one minute. I was a very early adopter of firefox 3, in fact, I think it was day one. I use Firefox exclusively to run my youtube account, and that includes watching videos there. Vimeo works fine, and so far all other flash and embedded video works, and that's with flash 9. I don't know what you're reporting on, but I don't think it's flash or firefox that's the problem, otherwise it should be universal, correct?

[Thanks2van]

The pervasive stalling of the MP3 Flash player and Flash videos (after 2 seconds) on my machine has occured since Firefox 2. It's been now at least 3 months since I began to experience this 'symptom.' This 'symptom', however, was never consistent.

When FF3 came out, I expected/hoped that it would put an end to all this strangeness. Now, after all this time, I believe I may have a little insight, at least based upon my probing/experimenting:

I have a MySpace profile. I have an MP3 flash player on it, as well as embedded videos from YouTube, Google, and MySpace. I also have some webpages up that have nothing whatever to do with MySpace except that there are links to go from one to the other, and that, by forcing open a new window (usually target="resource"). I have MP3 flash players on these other pages as well. (I used profilepitstop.com).

Since this 2-sec stalling of the MP3 Flash player and videos using Firefox has been going on for so long, I've noted the following:

Once in a while, about 20% of the time, the MP3 flash player and videos will fully activate upon loading up my MySpace profile in FF.

Of the 80% time that these Flash items are rendered automatically inactive upon directly loading my MySpace profile in FF, invariably the Flash items embedded in my OTHER pages are also rendered inactive upon my loading those pages via links from within my MySpace profile.

When I then clear the FF cache, however, the Flash items in the other pages are restored to their active state, but not so in the MySpace profile.

Conversely, when I first directly load any of the other pages with Flash items, only very rarely have the Flash items not been active. Recently, after having cleared the cache, closed down and re-opened FF, and loaded up these other pages first, their Flash items now in active status, I clicked a link to load up my MySpace profile. The Flash items in the MySpace profile were now active. I proceeded to open other pages via links from within the MySpace profile, and all Flash items were active.

Suspicion:

There is something about MYSPACE.COM ... that is contributing to this mystery. I've noted this from varying angles now for months. When this first started to happen on MySpace.com, I thought perhaps MySpace.com had deliberately sabotaged, for whatever reason, and I was all set to send off a piece of my mind, when just in time the Flash activation returned on an instance of loading the profile.

I think there is something about the background coding in MySpace.com that is inadvertently throwing a wrench into the Flash cogwheels upon DIRECT LOADING of a MySpace profile page (not from a link in a different browser window). I think perhaps that the 20% of the time that the Flash items are active at DIRECT LOADING of the MySpace profile might have something to do with what is or is not present in the cache.

For what it's worth.