This is some info from adobe flex 3 help livedocs:
In the end,I see that the player cache cross browsers;
The Player cache stores signed RSLs, such as the framework RSLs. You can manage the settings of the Player cache with the Settings Manager. The use of the RSLs in the Player cache is secure; no third party can inject code that will be executed. Only Adobe can sign RSLs; therefore, only Adobe RSLs can be stored in the Player cache.
The default size of the framework cache is 20MB. When the aggregate size of the cached RSLs in this directory meets or exceeds 20MB, Flash Player purges the cache. Files are purged on a least-recently-used basis. Less-used files are purged before files that have been used more recently. Purging continues until the cache size is below 60% of the maximum size. By default, this is 12MB.
The Global Storage Settings panel in the Settings Manager lets the user turn off the caching feature and increase or decrease its size. The Settings Manager is a special control panel that runs on your local computer but is displayed within and accessed from the Adobe website. If the user disables the Player cache, then Flash Player will not load SWZ files. Flash Player will load failover RSLs instead.
The following table shows the locations of the Player cache on various platforms:
Platform | Location |
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Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP | C:/Documents and Settings/user_name /Application Data/Adobe/Flash Player/AssetCache/ |
Windows Vista | C:/Users/user_name /AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Flash Player/AssetCache/ |
Linux | /home/user_name /.adobe/Flash_Player/AssetCache/ |
Mac OSX | /Users/user_name /Library/Cache/Adobe/Flash Player/AssetCache/ |