'One improvement we made is the use of a double-buffered OpenGL context for improved full screen playback efficiency,' said Paul Betlem, from the Flash Player engineering team, in a blog post.Īdobe also explored a number of optimisations using Xcode, a Mac OS X software development tool suite, to improve the execution speed of Flash Player on Macs.

While some Apple products may not be able to support Flash, Adobe developers have been working with the Safari team on 'significant changes' to the new version for Macs. In a bid to tap into the touch screen market, Adobe Flash Player 10.1 incorporates new APIs supporting pinch, scroll, rotate, scale and two-finger tap gestures, allowing for greater interaction. This will cut the start time once a user has skipped to a different section of the video. Improvements to Real Time Messaging Protocol streaming and buffering features will also greatly enhance the video experience for the end user, the firm said, while a new addition called Smart Seek will allow for simple rewind or fast forward video without Flash Player calling back to the server. The Adobe development team has cut the amount of memory used at runtime, while the ActionScript virtual machine has had some targeted optimisations and the garbage collector has been modified for more efficient resource management.Ī number of new features seek to help intensive multitaskers, with one that automatically shuts down Flash Player when memory is running low.Īnother addition automatically cuts power consumption for content running in the background on a hidden browser tab, thereby improving performance for multitasking users.Īs for video, desktop users will get to enjoy hardware-based H.264 video decoding to provide high quality video with minimised overhead, Adobe said.

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