Adobe Releases 64bit Flash Plugin for Linux

[shmuel siegel]

Brennan Ashton wrote:
> Not according to the developer of the 64bit plugin.
>
> "
> Talking about nspluginwrapper: I strongly suggest not to use it. I
> know that some distros are thinking of even wrapping 64-bit plugins
> including Ubuntu with the thought that it will improve security and
> stability of the browser. This is a very bad idea in the state
> nspluginwrapper is in today. We have done some internal testing and
> discovered that several features in the Flash Player are broken when
> the plugin is wrapped. More importantly performance and user
> experience is pretty bad when the plugin is wrapped. Why? Lots of data
> needs to be transfered through IPC channels. I hope that browser
> vendors will eventually come up with a better architecture to wrap
> plugins without sacrificing performance, stability and functionality.
> "
> http://www.kaourantin.net/2008/11/64-bits.html
>
>   
His statement that the wrapper breaks features of the player needs to be 
expanded. What features? Are they deliberately blocked for security or 
stability reasons? We aren't given any information information that 
indicates that the wrapper's architecture is wrong but the player's is 
right. He might be right but he certainly hasn't proven his case. All we 
know at this point is that his coding of the player is incompatible with 
the wrapper.