'Flash Player 8 β' is now available

Srad Dot Japan | Macromedia Launches Flash Player 8β
http://slashdot.jp/article.pl?sid=05/07/13/0939248&topic=36

The main new features are:

Equipped with font rendering technology 'Saffron' that is easier to read than 'ClearType' installed in Windows XP by Microsoft Corporation
Improved rendering performance
Realization of graphic effects on the Flash Player side
Alpha Video function (video with transparency information)

The improvement in drawing performance is remarkable, and it is said that the frame rate has improved 8 to 10 times in the 'particle' demo, which fills the screen one after another so that dozens of colored circles explode. In addition, it seems that On2 Technologies' 'VP6' or 'VP7' was adopted as the video codec (comparison of video quality by the new codec by On2). At Longhorn, Microsoft's competing technologies such as 'Avalon' and 'Metro' are scheduled to appear, but I'm worried about the finish of Flash Player.
Attention is when the next Flash main body (authoring environment) will appear, but considering that it took about 4 months from the start of β distribution of Flash Player 7 to the start of the Japanese version of Flash MX 2004, it may not be so far. Isn't it?

So, when I was wondering how complicated and mysterious things could be done with the new Flash, it seems that it was made with an emphasis on improving the appearance.

Macromedia --Flash Player: Macromedia Flash Player Public Beta
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/public_beta/

It seems that Mozilla, Firefox and Opera are properly supported. By the way, it seems that an uninstaller is also included. Well, I think that the ones made with Flash 8 are only available on Macromedia related sites ...