Flash Lagging on multiple browsers and multiple computers

Question

I'm experencing sever lagging in playing flash games and viewing flash videos.
Current Flash Player is 11.7.700.169
Operating Systerm is Windows 7
Browsers used are Firefox, IE and Chrome.
All the above experenced on my desktop, my laptop, my wife's desktop and my wife's desktop.
I've used all three browsers on all computers. All computers are running Windows 7 and all are up to date.
I'll play the same few Facebook games and they all lag no matter which computer I'm using or what browser I'm using. Also experencing same lagging conditions when watching Youtube videos and streaming videos that use Flash Player from other websites. Seems like anything using Flash will give me the same results. I never had this lagging issue during Flash Player 10.
I've read plenty of other Forum post and have never seen a definitive answer. Seems like everyone wants to blame something other than Flash.
I've deleted and reloaded browsers, cleared cache, deleted and reloaded Flash. I even went so far reformatting and reloading a third desktop and still experence the same issue with Flash 11.
Just wanted to place my experence on the list of everyone else experiencing these issues.
Also hoping someone eventually finds a definitive fix for this issue.
thanks

Answer 1

This has been an ongoing problem for me as well. I have a tremendous amount of technical experience with computers. The problem is definitely the Flash Player. I have just finished reinstalling windows and after installing the latest version of Firefox and updating to the latest flash player, this problem occurs instantly. Sometimes I will watch a flash movie in a new tab and everything seems to be fine, but then when I am done watching the movie, I will close the tab and my browser instantly becomes completely frozen and I am unable to switch to other tabs or do anything at all in the browser. The only fix that seems to work for me is... I launch task manager and notice that the Flash Player is still running and appears listed on my "Processes" list twice. When I choose to "End Process" on one of the flash players, both flash players then close at the same time and vanish from the processes list and my browser instantly goes back to working correctly.
Another example is when I am currently watching a movie and I hit pause and then do something else on my computer, like check my mail, or play a game, or anything at all - I notice that my computer performs extremely laggy. Again, I choose to end process on the flash player, both instances of flash player then vanish from the Processes list and suddenly my computer is functioning correctly again and the lag disappears.
I know for a fact that Adobe is fully aware of the problem and they basically do not know how to fix it. My guess is that they have incorporated some kind of new functionality to their more recent versions of flash player that makes the flash player perform better, but it also causes lag and lock-up problems. They do not want to remove their new functionality, so instead - they allow users to suffer. I don't really care what the percentage of users are that are suffering from this problem. What I do know is  - that nobody should be forced to suffer.
I am a Web Devloper and Firefox user and I am not about to use a different browser. I especially will not use Internet Explorer since using Internet Explorer is like holding up a sign that says "I want a virus". Every large devlopement company I have ever worked for in NYC will not even allow anybody in their office to use Internet Explorer ever because it is considered to be a high security risk. The lock-up and lag problems that are caused by flash player are very well know at these companies. It is very common for an employee to experience computer problems and almost every single time they have a problem - the cause of the problem is the flash player. Everytime an employee has a problem where their computer is acting laggy or locks up, the first thing they are "trained" to do is check to see if their flash player is running in their processes list and in almost every problematic situation - the flash player is the cause of the problem.
Considering that Adobe makes every know #1 Design & Creation Web Design & Editing program and basically monopolizes the market when it comes to these programs, I think that they would be the first company to understand that Firefox is the leading web browser with developers, especially because of all of the web developer addons that Firefox offers. So I really don't understand why Adobe continues to treat Internet Explorer like it should be everybody's default browser. Flash Player should always be designed to work best in Firefox first and it currently does not function correctly in Firefox at all. It is a huge fail. It is an even bigger fail that they have had 2 years to fix this and they have not.
So I continue to use flash player and Firefox despite the problems, I just have to remember to "end process" on the flash player all the time, which really sucks. Flash player is the only thing that causes problems for me on my computer and has been the only problem for almost 2 years now. You would think that Adobe would have fixed this by now. I have searched and found hundreds of users with the same exact problem, and every single solitary time the same incompetent answers are given from Adobe.
I have created a shortcut on my task bar to launch my task manager easier. I created this shortcut for one reason only - to end process on my flash player when it causes serious lock up problems. I suggest that other users do the same. Maybe in 5 years Adobe might finally decided to attempt to fix the very well known problem that they are fully aware of instead of ignoring it completely as they have been. If they have not been ignoring the problem, then they would be honest and tell their flash player users that they are fully aware of the problem and that they are  working hard to find a solution and fix the problem, but they have not stated this because they do not want to admit that they have screwed up. Again, I can only assume that they have tried to fix the problem but they don't know how to.
I am a proud user of Adobe products, but I am completely at awe when it comes to how huge a fail the flash player problem has become. I suggest that Adobe work closely with Firefox and other browser companies to find a solution to this problem and fix it. Nobody should be forced to fix the problem for themselves and reinstall a 2 year old version of flash player to fix the problem. If users were to do this, they would then be faced with constant messages telling them that they do not have the latest version of flash player.