Macromedia Flash Player

The Macromedia Flash Player is a multimedia and application player created and distributed by Macromedia. It runs SWF files which can be created by the Macromedia Flash authoring tool, Macromedia Flex or a number of other Macromedia and third party tools.

Related Topics:
Macromedia - SWF - Macromedia Flash - Macromedia Flex

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It has support for an embedded scripting language called ActionScript, which is based on ECMAScript.

Related Topics:
ActionScript - ECMAScript

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The next generation Flash Player (version 8, codenamed "Maelstrom") will feature a new high-quality video codec, built-in software effects, crisp pixel-perfect text rendering, file upload and download capabilities, and improved performance.

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