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I am more worried about some small but amazing Flash games. Currently it is still possible to play them in the browser, but what about in 5 or 10 years. I image
by yoodenvranx 11y ago
I am more worried about some small but amazing Flash games. Currently it is still possible to play them in the browser, but what about in 5 or 10 years. I image there might be some kind of emulator which wraps tje flash player and the game in a single exe so it can be played independent of a browser.
- 0x0 11y agoYou could do just that with a modern.ie VM today. The biggest challenge there is ripping the flash and all its assets (and maybe patching it up to remove any dependencies on stale domains)
- AshleysBrain 11y agoCheck out Shumway - it can play SWFs in the browser without using Flash: http://mozilla.github.io/shumway/ http://mozilla.github.io/shumway/
- calvin_ 11y agoIf you have the SWF, you can run them in the Flash Projector, the standalone Player. What'll be problematic is if they preload resources from external locations.
- cookiecaper 11y agoThere are a lot of third-party Flash implementations. If the official Flash client becomes unusable, one of these open-source implementations will emerge as the new de-facto standard. I don't think we have to worry much about Flash's survival.
- anthk 11y agoYou Gnash , Lightspark and Shumway. You can download SWF files with unplug for Firefox and such.