Hi, There are several factors at work here:
A) The primary thing that drives adoption of a new version of a Flash Player is content that requires that Player being deployed. I think that the dramatic advances in what is possible in Flash Player 8 -- especially the improved video -- led more developers/publishers/sites to take advantage of the new version triggering more downloads. B) Express Install! http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flash/articles/fp8_detection.html C) Growth of broadband since the last major release We are seeing about double the rate of successful installs per day that we saw with the previous version! -David > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of hank williams > Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 10:57 AM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Player Version Penetration -- > Comparison Stats > > Does anyone know exactly what differences there are between 7 > and 8 that might make 8.5 adoption faster than 8 adoption? My > recollection is that there is some improvement in 8 in this > regard, but I am not sure. > > Regards > Hank > > On 2/1/06, Mark Winterhalder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > <http://web.archive.org/web/20040211234604/http://www.macromedia.com/s > > oftware/player_census/flashplayer/version_penetration.html> > > > > hth, > > mark > > > > > > On 2/1/06, Clive Sweeney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The recently published stats of "Flash Player Version > Penetration" > > > -- > > > > http://www.macromedia.com/software/player_census/flashplayer/version > > > _penetration.html > > > -- certainly seem to indicate an impressive adoption rate for the > > > Flash > > > 8 Player (e.g. 45.2% in the US, and higher in Canada and Europe). > > > > > > It would be interesting to see the stats for the previous > versions > > > in the first 3-5 months after their release. Even better, > I'd like > > > to see the stats for each of the previous two players in > their first > > > year. Then perhaps we could attempt a rough forecast of > how long it > > > might take the Flash 8 Player to reach "critical mass" (which, of > > > course, will vary for different developers and clients). > > > > > > ::. clive > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > > > > -- > > http://snafoo.org/ > > jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
