Hi all ... I'm finally writing to request two improvements to this web page:
http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
As a geek, I have long been annoyed that this web page does not keep its Flash object and does not show the Flash Player plugin version number in the same format as used in the detailed list of latest Flash Player versions for various web browers and operating systems.
This web page is mainly a tool for techs. It can be improved greatly with these two changes (which I'm requesting on May 29, 2013):
1) Near the top of the page, KEEP the flash animation object --
do NOT replace it with an advertisement in a few seconds.
Keeping the Flash object there allows a knowledgeable user
to right-click on the object to see the Flash plugin version, which
is a way to confirm that the web page's displayed Flash Player
version is correct.
Currently, the Flash object is replaced within a few seconds
with an advertisement for some other Adobe product. This is
MOST ANNOYING. As a tech, I'm specifically going to this web
page to (a) see that the Flash Player plugin I just installed is
working and/or (b) see what exact version it is.
Again: Keep the Flash object in place -- drop the code that
replaces that object with an advertisement.
2) The displayed Flash Player version is formatted with commas,
as in
You have version
11,7,700,202 installed
while ALL of the versions in the table below are formatted
(properly) with dots, as in
Player version
-------------------
11.7.700.202
Make it easier for us mere humans to compare these version
numbers ... rework the HTML code to replace the commas with
dots. (It's not rocket science.)
Thank you.
-- A geek and former software build & release
engineer in Tacoma WA