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		rtpg on Nov 19, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chrome for Mac 64-bit Support I know for a long time there was an issue with Flash not supporting 64 bit browsers (and a browser without flash was hard to sell)

cozzyd on Nov 19, 2014 | [–]

I don't think this is a real issue? (64-bit firefox supported 32-bit flash, at least on Linux).

lilyball on Nov 19, 2014 | [–]

That can't possibly be the issue. Plugins like Flash run in a separate process, which can remain 32-bit if required to do so by the plugin while the browser itself goes 64-bit.

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