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In 2005, Macromedia marketed three distinct browser player plugins under the brand names Macromedia Authorware, Macromedia Shockwave, and Macromedia Flash. Macromedia also released a web browser plug-in for viewing Macromedia FreeHand files online. It was branded Macromedia Shockwave for FreeHand and displayed specially compressed .fhc Freehand ...
Adobe Shockwave (formerly Macromedia Shockwave and MacroMind Shockwave) is a discontinued multimedia platform for building interactive multimedia applications and video games. Developers originate content using Adobe Director and publish it on the Internet.
The original naming of SWF came out of Macromedia's desire to capitalize on the well-known Macromedia Shockwave brand; Macromedia Director produced Shockwave files for the end user, so the files created by their newer Flash product tried to capitalize on the already established brand. As Flash became more popular than Shockwave itself, this ...
Adobe Flash Player (known in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Google Chrome as Shockwave Flash) [10] is a discontinued [note 1] computer program for viewing multimedia content, executing rich Internet applications, and streaming audio and video content created on the Adobe Flash platform.
Shockwave initially targeted a demographic of 18- to 35-year-olds. [18] In April 2000, Shockwave had 15 million registered users, with an average of 80,000 new members signing up each day. [18] As of 2002, AtomShockwave's primary demographic consisted of women over the age of 30. [58] By the end of 2005, Shockwave had 22 million users. [60]
All the old Macromedia Shockwave / Flash sites before Adobe bought Flash and it became the internet’s favorite malware vector. Image credits: TeuthidTheSquid #5
Flash movie files were in the SWF format, traditionally called "ShockWave Flash" movies, "Flash movies", or "Flash applications", usually have a .swf file extension, and may be used in the form of a web page plug-in, strictly "played" in a standalone Flash Player, or incorporated into a self-executing Projector movie (with the .exe extension in ...
In May 1999, Macromedia launched Shockwave.com to promote the capabilities of Flash and Shockwave. It featured music, comics, and games, supported offline downloads, and even offered a premium version called Shockmachine. [ 33 ]