andyp: i did catch that; excellent news.

John: perfect response – i thank you. my intent here was certainly not to vilify, but rather gently prod, and i appreciate that you took in that context and constructively responded. as discussed in the follow up, i certainly understand the difficulty involved – it’s just that the inconvenience as you note is not insignificant.

thanks again for the reply – just perfect.

Background: Flash Player 5 took about a year-and-a-half to reach 80% consumer viewability… FP6 took just over a year, FP7 just under a year… Flash Player 8 recently reached 86% consumer viewability in its first nine months of release! Content providers are following their audience on this, particularly when combined with the new features available in recent versions. Result? People not in the majority are feeling more pain than in previous cycles. Not good.

If it’s of any help I can testify that I see a pro-Linux, pro-portability sentiment within Macromedia and Adobe, even though there isn’t a clear business model for such work. But I also recognize what a hassle it is when sites move faster than porting does. There should be a public Player beta this autumn, before the general release after New Years — my apologies for the pain of being rejected by popular websites in the meantime.

Mike: knew you’d agree

Donnie: yeah, ran across it shortly after i posted this. pretty random timing