Shumway: Mozilla Does An Open-Source SWF Runtime

[dstaubsauger]

@89c51

you are aware of the fact that swf is not a video codec?

[89c51]

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

I mean yes flash is a technology still used mainly in pornography websites and websites designed by idiots but it goes away. Mozilla (and google/youtube + porn sites) should start pushing open web formats aggressively (ie not use webm as a fallback and disable it for monetized videos on youtube). Also we should get rid of h264 and shit like that from the web.

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Shumway: Mozilla Does An Open-Source SWF Runtime

Mozilla announced Shumway this week, a new research project that seeks to create an open SWF (Adobe Flash) run-time environment to make Flash more open and for exposing SWF capabilities to platforms where the Adobe file-format wasn't backed by an official Flash Player...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTIyODY