Adobe Flash Player 10 Public Beta released

Adobe Flash Player 10 Public Beta released

Adobe has released the first beta of their upcoming Flash Player 10 edition.

This new release is codenamed Astro and it comes loaded with new features for both designers and developers.

Some new features are support for custom filters and effects, native 3D transformation and animation, extensible rich text layout and GPU hardware acceleration.

Adobe claims that the new player would provide “a new level of cinematic experiences across multiple browsers and operating systems.”

David Wadhwani, general manager and vice president of the Platform Business Unit at Adobe: “For over ten years Adobe has pushed the limits of creativity and redefined rich interactive web experiences with Adobe Flash Player. Adobe has a long track record of creating technologies that influence market direction and we believe this beta release of Adobe Flash Player 10 raises the bar once again.”

He added: “Working closely with the community, we are delivering groundbreaking creative features that will be transformative for interactive designers and developers, and revolutionary for end users.”

Checkout: Adobe Labs

Update: The player works fine on YouTube but fails on Flickr Uploader.