Shumway Firefox



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So Shumway is an HTML experiment that uses TypeScript (a modern typed JavaScript compiler/transpiler) to read ActionScript and resources and JIT the result into evaluated JavaScript. It's also open source and on GitHub. Even better, the Firefox Nightly is using Shumway for Flash videos on Amazon.com. This is the beginning of their. If Shumway does become part of Firefox, Mozilla will enjoy Flash compatibility as standard without having to collaborate with Adobe. Shumway is described as a “clean” solution in that it sidesteps. Shumway is an experimental web-native runtime implementation of the SWF file format. It is developed as a free and open source project sponsored by Mozilla Research. Meta Shumway for Firefox for Android. Categories (Firefox for Android:: General, defect) Product: Firefox for Android Firefox for Android. Firefox for Android is a mobile version of Firefox. As Cnet notes, Project Shumway is a new technology Mozilla is developing that would allow Firefox to play back Flash media without the Flash plug-in. The technology, which first appeared in nightly.

Shumway
Shumway
Developer(s)Mozilla Research
Repository
Written inJavaScript
LicenseApache and OFL
Websitemozilla.github.io/shumway

Shumway is a discontinued media player for playing SWF files. It was intended as an open-source replacement for Adobe Flash Player. It is licensed under Apache[1] and SIL Open Font License (OFL).[2][3]Mozilla started development on it in 2012.[4] It was preceded by a failed earlier project called Gordon, a JavaScript library with a similar concept and name, which interprets SWF files with onboard resources of a browser via SVG conversion.[5] These names are an allusion to Flash Gordon and Gordon Shumway.[6]

Shumway renders Flash contents by translating Flash file contents to HTML5 elements, and running an ActionScript interpreter in JavaScript.[7] It supports both AVM1 and AVM2, and ActionScript versions 1, 2, and 3.[8]

Mozilla Research's projects diagram featuring Shumway

Development of Shumway has effectively ceased.[9] Although the project remains available on GitHub (see External links), in February 2016, the project was moved to the 'Firefox Graveyard' and is thus considered defunct from Mozilla's point of view.[10] Mozilla's strategy in 2016 was to continue to support Adobe Flash, as an exception to its general policy of ceasing support for NPAPI plugins by the end of 2016.[11]

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See also[edit]

  • Google Swiffy, now shut down, a project similar in scope in which a web service translated SWF to HTML5 on the fly[4]
  • Adobe Wallaby by Adobe converts FLA files to HTML5.
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References[edit]

  1. ^'mozilla/shumway'. GitHub. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  2. ^'mozilla/shumway'. GitHub. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  3. ^'mozilla/shumway'. GitHub. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  4. ^ abLardinois, Frederic (Oct 3, 2013). 'Shumway, Mozilla's HTML5-Based Flash Player Replacement, Lands In Firefox Nightly'. TechCrunch. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  5. ^https://heise.de/-904837
  6. ^'Update: Mozillas Shumway soll Flash ablösen. Wird das was?'. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  7. ^Villegas, Jet (November 12, 2012). 'The Shumway Open SWF Runtime Project'. Mozilla.
  8. ^Willis, Nathan (November 21, 2012). 'Gnash, Lightspark, and Shumway'. LWN.net. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  9. ^'Flash Replacement Shumway is as good as dead - gHacks Tech News'. 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
  10. ^'1243870 – Firefox Component Shumway is defunct. Move to Graveyard:Firefox Graveyard and close bugs in component'. bugzilla.mozilla.org. 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
  11. ^'NPAPI Plugins in Firefox | Future Releases'. blog.mozilla.org. 2016-10-08. Retrieved 2016-06-14.

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mozilla Shumway.
  • Official website
  • Shumway on GitHub
  • AreWeFlashYet.com at the Wayback Machine (archived March 17, 2016) – Shumway's landing page


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Some animations and games on this website need Flash Player (from Adobe) installed on your browser.

There are so many different browsers and devices we can't keep track, so your best option is to:

Search 'Flash Player' on Google to find out more.

Or go to Adobe Flash Player Website.

We are in the process of re-writing them in JavaScript.

You can ask us to convert an animation ... please tell us which animation.

Android

Some Android phones/tablets also don't have Flash Player installed, but if you search you might find out how to install it.

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Search 'flash chrome android' on Google
to find out how to get flash working on android.

  • Photon flash player and browser (in Play store).
  • FlashFox is another option.
  • There is also Shumway for Firefox that alllows it to play Flash using JavaScript.

Apple

Apple products such as iPhones don't have Flash Player, but I have heard there are options:

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  • Someone told me Puffin Browser is helpful,
  • and I also heard about Dolphin Browser,
  • and maybe the Photon Browser App too (but I don't know if it works).

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(You can also contact us about this. Let us know if you have found a good solution for your device.)





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