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Answered by Nidhi Singh , an ibibo Master, at 5:48 PM on October 07, 2008

Hi Vijay

Adobe Flash Player is the standard for delivering high-impact, rich Web content. Designs, animation, and application user interfaces are deployed immediately across all browsers and platforms, attracting and engaging users with a rich Web experience. Adobe Flash Player is the high-performance, lightweight, highly expressive client runtime that delivers powerful and consistent user experiences across major operating systems, browsers, mobile phones, and devices.

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Answered by Suparna , an ibibo Master, at 11:43 PM on September 28, 2008

To run flash files

Answered by bk mondal , an ibibo Citizen, at 1:31 PM on September 28, 2008

hi vijay!
Adobe Flash (previously called Shockwave Flash and Macromedia Flash) is a set of multimedia software created by Macromedia and currently developed and distributed by Adobe Systems. Since its introduction in 1996, Flash has become a popular method for adding animation and interactivity to web pages; Flash is commonly used to create animation, advertisements, and various web page components, to integrate video into web pages, and more recently, to develop rich Internet applications.

Flash can manipulate vector and raster graphics and supports bi-directional streaming of audio and video. It contains a scripting language called ActionScript. Several software products, systems, and devices are able to create or display Flash content, including Adobe Flash Player, which is available for most common web browsers, some mobile phones and other electronic devices (using Flash Lite). The Adobe Flash Professional multimedia authoring program is used to create content for the Adobe Engagement Platform, such as web applications, games and movies, and content for mobile phones and other embedded devices.

Files in the SWF format, traditionally called "ShockWave Flash" movies, "Flash movies" or "Flash games", usually have a .swf file extension and may be an object of a web page, strictly "played" in a standalone Flash Player, or incorporated into a Projector, a self-executing Flash movie (with the .exe extension in Microsoft Windows). Flash Video (FLV) files have a .flv file extension and are either used from within .swf files or played through a flv aware player, such as VLC, or QuickTime and Windows Media Player with external codecs added.
for more inf check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_ Flash

Answered by raj u , an ibibo Master, at 5:04 PM on September 26, 2008

A control using ActiveX technologies. An ActiveX control can be automatically downloaded and executed by a Web browser. ActiveX is not a programming language, but rather a set of rules for how applications should share information. Programmers can develop ActiveX controls in a variety of languages, including C, C++, Visual Basic, and Java.
An ActiveX control is similar to a Java applet. Unlike Java applets, however, ActiveX controls have full access to the Windows operating system. This gives them much more power than Java applets, but with this power comes a certain risk that the applet may damage software or data on your machine. To control this risk, Microsoft developed a registration system so that browsers can identify and authenticate an ActiveX control before downloading it. Another difference between Java applets and ActiveX controls is that Java applets can be written to run on all platforms, whereas ActiveX controls are currently limited to Windows environments.

Related to ActiveX is a scripting language called VBScript that enables Web authors to embed interactive elements in HTML documents.

Macromedia Flash 2 (1997) Features: Support of stereo sound, enhanced bitmap integration, buttons, the Library, and the capability to tween color changes.
Macromedia Flash 3 (1998) Features: Brought improvements to animation, playback, and publishing, as well as the introduction of simple script commands for interactivity. As of 1998, Macromedia has shipped 100,000 Flash products.
Macromedia Flash 4 (1999) Features: Achieved 100 million installations of the Flash Player, thanks in part to its inclusion with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5. Flash 4 saw the introduction of streaming MP3s and the Motion Tween. Initially, the Flash Player plug-in was not bundled with popular web browsers and users had to visit Macromedia website to download it; As of 2000, however, the Flash Player was already being distributed with all AOL, Netscape and Internet Explorer browsers. Two years later it shipped with all releases of Windows XP. The install-base of the Flash Player reached 92 percent of all Internet users.
Macromedia Flash 5 (2001) Features: Flash 5 was a major leap forward in capability, with the evolution of Flash's scripting capabilities as released as ActionScript. Flash 5 also saw the ability to customize the authoring environment's interface.

Answered by Ashish Yadav , an ibibo Wizard, at 5:44 PM on September 25, 2008

Adobe Flash Player is the high-performance, lightweight, highly expressive client runtime that delivers powerful and consistent user experiences across major operating systems, browsers, mobile phones, and devices.

Installed on over 850 million Internet-connected desktops and mobile devices, Flash Player enables organizations and individuals to build and deliver great digital experiences to their end users.

Answered by ani , an ibibo Advisor, at 3:36 PM on September 25, 2008

Adobe Flash Player is the high-performance, lightweight, highly expressive client runtime that delivers powerful and consistent user experiences across major operating systems, browsers, mobile phones, and devices.
Flash Player allows you to enjoy the most expressive, engaging experiences on the Web that combine interactive, rich content with video, graphics and animation.

Answered by Hem@nt .... , an ibibo Master, at 12:37 PM on September 25, 2008

Macromedia Flash Player lets you view the best animation and entertainment on the Web. It displays Web application front-ends, high-impact Web site user interfaces, interactive online advertising, and short-form to long-form animation. Since it is free of the design restrictions of more traditional Web display options, you can use it to clearly and exactly express your brand and company identity.

Answered by shaista , an ibibo Master, at 10:00 AM on September 25, 2008

well, Did you know that the Adobe Flash Player honors a few configuration files on the user's local file system? There are 2 such files:

1. mm.cfg: user-local configuration file; lives in user's home directory on Unix systems and is largely only useful when using content debugger versions of the Player
2. mms.cfg: system-wide configuration file, designed to allow administrators to set policy for all users on a system; lives in /etc/adobe on Unix systems

There is a lengthy guide available that describes all of the various administration features and what the mms.cfg can do for you.

The reason I bring this up is that there is a new option in mms.cfg that will be of use to Linux users: "OverrideGPUValidation". Pursuant to the need to have such stringent rules for validating whether the Linux Flash Player can use the GPU. If you wish to force the Flash Player to bypass its GPU validity checks, add "OverrideGPUValidation=true" (without the quotes) to your mms.cfg.

But please don't expect the option to be a magical speed boost option for the Flash Player as a whole. Reread the original post on the matter to understand where GPU acceleration helps and where it doesn't. And if you are planning to ask about Xv support, read the post again until the message clicks.

Source : http://blogs.adobe.com/penguin .swf

Answered by Romi , an ibibo Master, at 9:31 AM on September 25, 2008

Flash - A development tool for creating very sophisticated Web pages; it can include moving graphics, animation, sound and interactivity.

Answered by Nishu's , an ibibo Master, at 8:22 AM on September 25, 2008