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Notice: The idea is not to save Flash Player, but to open source Flash! What exactly is being referred to here? The Flash authoring tool I assume? As in, the a

by pan69 9y ago

Notice: The idea is not to save Flash Player, but to open source Flash! What exactly is being referred to here? The Flash authoring tool I assume? As in, the application that you install on your desktop and use to create Flash animations with? I think a better description of the purpose of this petition might be a good idea. A lot of people conflate Flash and Flash Player.

roblabla 9y ago
No, they're talking about the player. But they don't want to save it from doom, but instead to preserve it so all the current code targeting flash can still potentially be used. Think of it like an emulator. It would still be stripped from browsers, but you could download the SWF and play it locally, in the "flash emulator". Except it'd be based on the real thing, and as such, would achieve perfect compat right away.
- niutech 9y ago
  You still will be able to run your SWF files after 2020 using the latest Flash Player Projector.exe.
  - pan69 9y ago
    That's what I thought as well. All the latest versions are here: http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer.html http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer.html
  - firmgently 9y ago
    To play a .swf you can use the standalone Flash Player. A projector is a different thing, it's a special .exe version of the .swf with the Flash Player bundled at compile time. So the concept of using the latest projector to view an old .swf doesn't make sense. Sorry for the pedantry but that's the third time I've read it used incorrectly on this thread.
    - niutech 9y ago
      According to the official Adobe Flash downloads page (https://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/debug_downloads.html https://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/debug_downloads.ht...), Projector is also known as standalone Flash player: > Adobe Flash Player 26 (Win, Mac & Linux) debugger (aka debug player or content debuggers) and standalone (aka projectors) players for Flex and Flash developers.

by pan69 9y ago

roblabla 9y ago

No, they're talking about the player. But they don't want to save it from doom, but instead to preserve it so all the current code targeting flash can still potentially be used. Think of it like an emulator. It would still be stripped from browsers, but you could download the SWF and play it locally, in the "flash emulator". Except it'd be based on the real thing, and as such, would achieve perfect compat right away.

niutech 9y ago
You still will be able to run your SWF files after 2020 using the latest Flash Player Projector.exe.
- pan69 9y ago
  That's what I thought as well. All the latest versions are here: http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer.html http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer.html
- firmgently 9y ago
  To play a .swf you can use the standalone Flash Player. A projector is a different thing, it's a special .exe version of the .swf with the Flash Player bundled at compile time. So the concept of using the latest projector to view an old .swf doesn't make sense. Sorry for the pedantry but that's the third time I've read it used incorrectly on this thread.
  - niutech 9y ago
    According to the official Adobe Flash downloads page (https://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/debug_downloads.html https://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/debug_downloads.ht...), Projector is also known as standalone Flash player: > Adobe Flash Player 26 (Win, Mac & Linux) debugger (aka debug player or content debuggers) and standalone (aka projectors) players for Flex and Flash developers.