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| Newer page: | version 5 | Last edited on Friday, September 29, 2006 4:00:00 pm | by DouglasBagnall | Revert |
| Older page: | version 4 | Last edited on Monday, September 4, 2006 9:01:43 am | by IanMcDonald | Revert |
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-[Macromedia
| http://www.macromedia
.com]'s ClosedSource vector graphics
and animation format
. Along
with [Java
], it
is the most common plugin installed in WebBrowser~s
.
+Flash is a ClosedSource vector graphics and animation plugin, made by
[Adobe
| http://www.adobe
.com] (but formerly by Macromedia, which Adobe ate). It is the most common WebBrowser plugin,
and is used in many commercial sites, even if only in advertisements
. The version of Flash available for Linux in September 2006 is 7. Windows and Macs are onto version 9, so some sites will not work
with Linux, even if you install the plugin. Version 9 for Linux is apparently due in 2007.
+
+The
[SWF
] file format used by Flash is not itself entirely closed
, and from time to time people attempt to create a free player. [Gnash|http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/]
is currently (9/2006) regarded as
the leading candidate, and can reputed play some SWF files without crashing.
+
+It is quite easy to create SWF content using free tools, such as [Ming|http://ming.sourceforge.net/], [SWFTools|http://www.swftools.org/], and [MTASC|http://www.mtasc.org/]. The [open source flash|http://www.osflash.org/] website is a useful resource if you are so inclined
.
+
+
Many WebComics are done in MacromediaFlash.
Often there are font problems with DebianLinux when using MacromediaFlash. Possibly Ubuntu might have the same issues also.
