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Flash Player 9.0.16

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  • Price: Free
  • Operating system: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
  • Date added: June 27, 2006
  • Total Downloads: 14,973,520
  • Downloads last week: 90,738
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A newer version of Flash Player is available.

CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on December 05, 2008

Adobe's latest version of the Flash Player browser plug-in is just as trouble-free as previous versions, existing unobtrusively in your system until Web-based animations, games, or ubiquitous Flash ads require its services.

The latest version downloads and installs quickly, and will probably always require a browser restart. Our tests turned up nothing to make us scratch our heads, and upgrading from version 9 to the current one has fixed for many people a bug that caused embedded video to freeze.

You need a Flash Player to experience the Web at its fullest, so users at any level of expertise should have no qualms about installing or upgrading to Flash 10.

 
Watch your favorite videos on your favorite devices.

Publisher's description

From Adobe Systems:

Flash Player 9 is a lightweight, highly expressive client runtime that delivers powerful and consistent user experiences across major operating systems, browsers, mobile phones, and devices. Flash Player 9 builds on the advances in Flash Player 8 by focusing on three main areas: creating a more robust programming model, achieving standards compliance, and improving performance. This release of Flash Player includes ActionScript 3, a significant update to the scripting language of the runtime that provides a familiar syntax and compelling new language features; and new Flash Player APIs, such as those for the display list, enabling greater creative control over content and applications.

What's new in this version:

This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

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User reviews of Flash Player 9.0.16

  • All versions:
    3.1 stars
    out of 310 votes
    • 5 stars
      101
    • 4 stars
      53
    • 3 stars
      31
    • 2 stars
      21
    • 1 stars
      104
  • Current version:
    4.0 stars
    out of 57 votes
    • 5 stars
      27
    • 4 stars
      16
    • 3 stars
      3
    • 2 stars
      7
    • 1 stars
      4
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  • 4 stars

    9 out of 9 people found this review helpful

    Version: Flash Player 9.0.16

    "awesome"

    by richardwilla on April 2, 2007

    Pros: But it's hard to know the source file link with the player, I can't download it;(

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  • 5 stars

    10 out of 11 people found this review helpful

    Version: Flash Player 9.0.16

    "Has no competition"

    by AbnoticReviews on July 15, 2006

    Pros: There are literally thousands of websites on the web using Flash. Without a Flash Player, you can't view them. No other company makes the Flash Player so you need to download this one no matter what. It has no bugs and is a pretty small file. It is simply essential.

    Cons: None really. It's a Flash Player and it enables your browser to view Flash media. Simple as that.

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  • 5 stars

    8 out of 8 people found this review helpful

    Version: Flash Player 9.0.16

    "Essential"

    by Home PC User on July 3, 2006

    Pros: Another Quality Product from Adobe

    Cons: We all know its bulit with love and care by the folks at Adobe.

    But to be sure if you are running two browsers say IE and Firefox delay installing on at least one browser for a short period untill you are completely happy that it performs to your satisfaction.

    Note: there are two versions one for IE and one for "other" browsers.

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  • 5 stars

    10 out of 12 people found this review helpful

    Version: Flash Player 9.0.16

    "Needed for most sites."

    by trumpetman1433 on July 19, 2006

    Pros: This is a flash player as the name indicates. It allows you to view flash animations on websites other hae made.

    Cons: Most flash animations are ads, but this isn't the fault of the maker so 5\5.

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  • 5 stars

    15 out of 20 people found this review helpful

    Version: Flash Player 9.0.16

    "A Must Have Program"

    by Reborn master on November 23, 2006

    Pros: Adobe flash palyer will give you a rich experience on the internet.Play all your favourite games and enjoy watching all high definition movies with this light ActiveX program.Always have latest version because you might not have access to some websites.

    Cons: If you don't have the latest version then you can't go some web sites or play games.

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  • 4 stars

    33 out of 47 people found this review helpful

    Version: Flash Player 9.0.16

    "a minor problem?"

    by 19monty64 on August 1, 2006

    Pros: had a tough time installing in IE... but worked with no problems with opera, of course!!!

    Cons: I'm outta practice with IE so I'll wait for IE7 to come outta beta to install on it....

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  • 5 stars

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Version: Flash Player 9.0.16

    "These days it won't take long before you run across a page with flash content."

    by AMD_Fanatic on July 17, 2006

    Pros: Flash is popping up on everything from Educational sites, Information sites right through to celebrity gossip sites. If you surf the internet at all chances are you'll run into Flash content.

    Cons: Nothing at all since the product does what it's supposed to.

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  • 4 stars

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Version: Flash Player 9.0.16

    "Another Great Product"

    by AbhishekTripathi on June 29, 2006

    Pros: After the Macromedia/Adobe Collab, FP 9.0 is one of the best thing to have happened to them.Have been working with Action Scripts long enough to know them good and the new version is kool with added benefits!

    Cons: Nice product but still not upto the mark! Would have been great if it must've been done taking into consideration other browsers too!

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  • 4 stars

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Version: Flash Player 9.0.16

    "Pretty good"

    by BoboTheHobo on July 25, 2006

    Pros: Does what it says it does. Useful because there are alot of sites that use flash.

    Cons: Nothing new since Macromedia Flash Player 8 except for that it has Adobe's branding everywhere since Adobe bought Macromedia

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  • 5 stars

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Version: Flash Player 9.0.16

    "A must have"

    by cullet16 on July 10, 2006

    Pros: you really should have this program you have not seen anything till you have seen flash

    Cons: i really dont know

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