11/26/2013 - Beta - Flash Player 12.0.0.17

flash player beta channel update

 

 

the latest flash player 12.0 builds available.  can download flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/go/flashplayerbeta.

 

with release, introducing new numbering scheme our product versions.  adopting pattern set google chrome , mozilla firefox, update major version number each subsequent release.  in other words, beginning release of "jones", flash player become flash player 12.  each new major release, every 3 months, number increase one.

 

new features:

• mac .pkg installation support – deploying flash player , keeping date critical task system administrators worldwide.  in flash player 11.9 added .pkg support ease of deployment.  in flash player 12, we've incorporated feedback system administrators improve workflow , ui.
• internet explorer 11 on windows 7 support - microsoft has released ie 11 on windows 7 , plan officially support in flash player 12
• safe mode in safari 6.1 , higher - safari 6.1 includes updated version of safari safe mode, implements new security restrictions on operation of browser plug-ins.  extent possible, we've adapted flash player transparently handle these changes.  small number of behaviors change in context of safe mode , explained in known issues section below.
• 64-bit ppapi flash player chrome - we'd encourage interested in 64-bit flash player chrome please download latest build available in chrome canary channel.
• graphics: buffer usage flag stage3d - we've added new enum class called context3dbufferusage defines 2 constants, static_draw (default) , dynamic_draw.  these constants specify how buffers used in stage3d. we've added new parameter, called "bufferusage", constructors of vertexbuffer , indexbuffer. "bufferusage" parameter uses 1 of constants form context3dbufferusage, allow select appropriate buffer type according needs.
• supplementary characters enhancement support textfield – extended beta – desktop enhancement supporting surrogate pairs in textfield control.  now, characters out of basic multilingual plane(bmp) unicode code points between u+10000 , u+10ffff work correctly in textfield control.  enlarges code point range support , includes characters emotion symbols (emoticons) , complex ccjk characters.  feature being introduced in flash player 12 beta go live in subsequent release.  due sensitive nature of text display, extended test period ensure no bugs introduced.
• stage3d creation of context3d profile array - we've added new interface stage3d.requestcontext3dmatchingprofiles(profiles:vector.<string> ) create context3d highest level suitable profile in profile array,  based on current hardware.  developer can check newly added property 'profile' obtain current profile chosen flash runtime.

 

 

testing guidance:  with our current , upcoming flash player betas, recommend people pay particular attention text content displayed via textfield controls.  changes made supplementary character enhancement might impact text , we'd make sure cases covered.

 

 

known issues:

• [mac] pkg installer - current flash player on os x must uninstalled before testing build.  resolved in 12.0.0.7 , higher. [3662210]
• [adobe access] when playing .video no audio, video not displayed. [3652203]

 

 

fixed issues:

• multiple stability , security enhancements

 

 

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