Oscar Trelles

Good news is that performance has been improved, not as dramatically as it was previously announced, but enough to be significant. Then again, I been testing the new Flash player almost exclusively against sites with medium complexity levels, meaning that performance improvements could be more notorious with more complex applications. What I already reported though, is some problems with FlashCom applications…

I was trying the FCS chat room over at Flashtrix, and what was happening is that I couldn’t disconnect from the server. Every time I go back, another instance of ‘me’ appears. Furthermore, even if I closed the chat room, I still could hear all the audio streaming! odd…

If you have anything to report, you can go here. Be sure to try every little thing in the applications you already have running.

Keep an eye of these threads at FlashCoders:
Flash Player 7 Public Beta
Get Your Flash 7 Features Here!!!!

The so much rumored and awaited Flash Player X has just been released in public beta by Macromedia. Version 7 of the Flash Player is available in two packages, each of them specific to particular browser groups. Platforms supported at this moment are only Windows and Mac. Be ready to restart your computer…

From what I’ve read so far from the relase notes, the coolest thing in the new player is that it has finally been gifted with the ability to detect the availability of updated versions. So, the current built (7.0.0.249) will notify the user whenever the next public release can be installed. The catch: this mechanism will only work with the web players (players hosted by a web browser), and not with the standalone or debugging players.

I’m sorry if I’m a bit delayed answering emails and comments on the blog. I’m swamped in work right now, and I can’t find a moment for a break. I’ll catch up as soon as possible.