14 DAY TRIAL // Adobe has just released a brand new beta version of Flash Player that comes with several new features, thus allowing users to try them out before they hit the market as part of the stable channel.
Adobe Flash Player 13.0.0.168 Beta isn’t supposed to be installed by casual users, but rather by those a bit more experienced who can diagnose bugs and offer information to the parent company in order to fix issues and provide a much more reliable application.
According to the official release notes submitted to us this morning, the new beta version of Flash Player comes with what’s being called a stage3D anti-aliasing for texture rendering. While its name might be sound like rocket science for many, Adobe has a pretty simple explanation for this.
“Anti-Aliasing is a useful for improving perceived image quality. Hardware based Multisampling Anti-Aliasing (MSAA) is now available on all desktop platforms. To enable MSAA, set the level from 0 to 4 using the new Context3D.setRenderToTexture() method.”
At the same time, the new beta build also comes with full screen video warning at the top of the screen, a change that’s based on the feedback received from developers, as the parent company said.
“We've received a lot of feedback from developers because the dialog obscures content, and we wanted to make a change that both satisfies security concerns and customer viewing enjoyment. To reduce the impact of the dialog on the on-screen content, we've moved the dialog to the top of the screen,” Adobe noted.
As you know, most of these features implemented in beta builds are at some point integrated into the stable version as well, so if you can’t wait to see what’s coming in the next major release of Flash Player, this is the right moment to give it a try.
On the other hand, Adobe is also rolling out security updates for Flash Player once a month, usually on Patch Tuesday, the day when Microsoft releases fixes for its most important products, including Windows, Internet Explorer, and Office. This means that a new update for the stable build might only come next month, so it could take a while until this version of Flash Player finally gets updated.
Overall, there’s no doubt that this beta build is a very quick way to try out the latest features that Adobe has been working on for its client runtime, so download Flash Player 13.0.0.168 Beta to see what’s new.