# What % of computers have flash 8/MX/5 etc

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**Created:** [April 1, 2006, 7:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-of-computers-have-flash-8-mx-5-etc/184032 "2006-04-01T07:08:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![mawooshen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mawooshen](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mawooshen)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 7:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-of-computers-have-flash-8-mx-5-etc/184032/1 "2006-04-01T07:08:50Z")

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Does anyone know what percentage of people on the web have installed what version of Flash?

I’ve been messing about with the Flash 8 trial, but I guess unless I need functions unique to Flash 8, I should use older actionscript coding to make it compatible with older versions of Flash.

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 7:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-of-computers-have-flash-8-mx-5-etc/184032/2 "2006-04-01T07:39:09Z")

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I think I heard a statistic around 98% for MX about a year ago.

It all depends on _your_ stats though. Do _your_ users have the latest version… are they Flash developers who would go to your site? Or are they disabled veterans…?

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**Author:** ![scotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scotty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/scotty)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-of-computers-have-flash-8-mx-5-etc/184032/3 "2006-04-01T07:44:54Z")

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[http://www.macromedia.com/software/player\_census/flashplayer/version\_penetration.html](http://www.macromedia.com/software/player_census/flashplayer/version_penetration.html)

scotty(-:

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 7:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-of-computers-have-flash-8-mx-5-etc/184032/4 "2006-04-01T07:53:39Z")

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Aye! I was close!

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**Author:** ![mawooshen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mawooshen](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mawooshen)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-of-computers-have-flash-8-mx-5-etc/184032/5 "2006-04-01T12:14:37Z")

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sweet, thanks for the replies.

Don’t have a site up yet, ( check out [www.mawoosh.com](http://www.mawoosh.com) in a week or so 😉 ) so not sure about my users, but I’m hoping to cast as wide a net as possible, so I guess v. 5 is my best bet.

I’m a complete Flash beginner so I doubt I’m using any code that doesn’t work in v.5 anyway, everything’s pretty basic still.

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-of-computers-have-flash-8-mx-5-etc/184032/6 "2006-04-01T15:45:35Z")

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You’ve proven to already be one of my favorite Flash developers. You care about your users. w00t!

🙂