RE: [Flashcoders] Player Version Penetration -- Comparison Stats

2006-02-01 Thread David Mendels 
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-
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> Of hank williams
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 10:57 AM
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> 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).
> > >
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Re: [Flashcoders] Player Version Penetration -- Comparison Stats

2006-02-01 Thread JesterXL 
They only need 6.0.65.0 for that.

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From: "Johannes Nel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Player Version Penetration -- Comparison Stats


auto update built in prompting the user to upgrade

On 2/1/06, hank williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 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/software/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
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Re: [Flashcoders] Player Version Penetration -- Comparison Stats

2006-02-01 Thread Johannes Nel 
auto update built in prompting the user to upgrade

On 2/1/06, hank williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 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/software/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
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Re: [Flashcoders] Player Version Penetration -- Comparison Stats

2006-02-01 Thread hank williams 
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:
> 
>
> 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
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Re: [Flashcoders] Player Version Penetration -- Comparison Stats

2006-02-01 Thread Mark Winterhalder 


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
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