14 DAY TRIAL // While Mozilla is working to get rid of Adobe’s Flash Player once and for all with its very own Project Shumway, others continue to support it, including Microsoft.
The upcoming Edge browser, which will be included in Windows 10 as the default option for PC, tablet, and smartphone users, will also come with Flash Player built-in, and Microsoft will take care of delivering Adobe’s patches and fixes whenever they’re released, just as it happens in Internet Explorer 10 and 11.
And a new beta of Adobe Flash Player released today paves the way for a more stable experience in Microsoft Edge, as it brings several improvements specifically aimed at the new browser.
Browser restart no longer needed
Adobe Flash Player 18 beta is the first to bring an important change for users who install it for the first time, as the parent company worked to make it possible to deploy the necessary files without the need for a browser reboot.
Until now, users of browsers that didn’t have Flash Player built-in, such as Mozilla Firefox, had to reboot the apps when installation of Adobe’s software came to an end, but with version 18, the company might finally get rid of this behavior.
As far as Microsoft Edge is concerned, Adobe Flash Player 18.0.0.186 Beta packs several bug fixes supposed to enhance the experience you get in Windows 10, including correctly displayed file chooser and print dialogs, fully working right-click context menus, and mouse cursors that are properly displayed when browsing the web. The full Adobe Flash Player 18.0.0.186 Beta changelog can be found here.
Needless to say, the beta version is not supposed to be installed by those who don’t want to spend their time diagnosing bugs and dealing with performance issues, but if you’re already on Windows 10, it’s kind of expected to be willing to do that. So just go ahead and download Adobe Flash Player 18.0.0.186 Beta to see if it brings any performance improvements for you too.