Among the most important components of a web browser is the Flash Player, the plugin that allows you to view animations, videos on the internet and online flash games. Flash files are typically flv for videos and swf for games and other animations.
With Google Chrome browser it is not necessary to download Flash because it is already incorporated while instead if you use another browser like Firefox or Internet Explorer you need to install the final updated version of Flash Player 26 .
Especially due to security problems, Adobe recommends downloading the latest updated version to prevent possible attacks from viruses and malware.
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The biggest change introduced in Flash is hardware acceleration which is currently limited to Windows PC with the prospect that it will be added later in Flash versions for Mac and Linux.
As you notice the hardware acceleration "> Adobe website where you have to choose the operating system and download the plugin that installs itself.
On the download page, however, it is necessary to remove the cross where it is proposed to also install the McAfee antivirus which is only a sponsor.
Who uses Google Chrome should not even notice the update because everything happens silently on this browser.
If you need the direct download of the plugin for Firefox, to be saved on the computer for offline installation, the link to download the Flash Player for Windows is //fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/latest/help/install_flash_player. exe .
In summary, the links to download the Flash Player 26, the latest version are on this page of the Adobe website, for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and other browsers in Windows, for Mac OSX and Linux.
I also remember that you can check the updates of plugins for web browsers with some automatic tools.
Once the plugin is installed, you can change the Flash Player settings in the Windows Control Panel
To download videos, animations and games in Flash you can use different ways listed in another post.
