Adobe unveils Reader 9 with Flash

[apoorva84]

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Adobe released on Tuesday the first Reader application to bake movies and animation into the Portable Document Format.

With Adobe Reader 9, users can play Flash movies, Shockwave animation, and other rich media content without needing to open a third-party player.

Source, more info and download here:http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-9982192-12.html

[Gigacore]

cool! i was waiting for this

[ax3]

hmmm ...... hope it does EATUP more memory ........

[Pat]

^^ Waiting for it ?? Now even pdfs will contain those bloody ads :x

[kumarmohit]

This is crazy, first the 3D no this, Adobe is going for an over kill! I mean it is the portable _document_ format!

[Cool G5]

It will mean the already slow adobe reader taking ages to load :mad:

[apoorva84]

It will mean the already slow adobe reader taking ages to load :mad:

well, the new one starts up pretty quick...as fast as foxit, i can say....but then again, adobe reader is becoming bloatware and i just tried for the sake of trying it...me sticking to foxit reader...

[New]

Thanks for the news..Better to stick with Adobe 8:)

[goobimama]

So flash is the only new thing in Adobe Acrobat 9?

[blueshift]

Wasn't Adobe Reader 8 able to play flash?