A little while ago I did a tutorial on upgrading to Flash Player 10 Beta. I still recommend most Linux users do this, since it fixes a problem with drop down menus disappearing behind Flash content, however I noticed one issue today. The issue is, in fact, quite funny. When clicking on a CNN.com video, I was presented with this error message (I am on Ubuntu running Firefox 3 with Flash Player 10 Beta):

Interesting error message...

Hmmm… “This CNN.com feature is optimized for Adobe Flash Player version 8 or higher. You are currently using Flash Player 10″

Last time I checked 10 was greater than 8. Anyway, for anyone who watches lots of CNN videos, don’t upgrade to Flash Player 10 quite yet. If you already upgraded, don’t worry. Just install an older version like you would install version 10 beta and you should be fine again.

I checked most of the other major news sites and they seem to all be fine with Flash Player 10 beta.

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