justsomeguy Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Anyone who reads Slashdot is probably already aware, but this is the coolest thing I've seen in a while: an open-source Flash player written entirely in Javascript, without requiring any plugins. The SWF format is open, but I didn't think the first thing we'd see from that would be a nearly-complete Flash player done in Javascript.Here are the demos of Gordon:http://paulirish.com/work/gordon/demos/Here's the browser support page, note the demos don't work in Opera and he hasn't tested with IE:http://wiki.github.com/tobeytailor/gordon/...r-support-tableAnd here's a writeup about it:http://apcmag.com/Content.aspx?id=5078In several years, as SVG support grows, we should see things like this get a lot of use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProblemHelpPlease Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Not having any joy with the demos on IE7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted January 19, 2010 Author Share Posted January 19, 2010 Yeah, clearly this project is in a very early state. I doubt we'll ever see support for IE7 though, as Gordon requires SVG support, which IE doesn't have. IE requires a plugin to view SVG content. It would be nice if Microsoft made sure that IE was not the only major browser without SVG support, but I guess they've got better things to do.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalable_Vect...ternet_Explorer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mencarta Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 It would be nice if Microsoft would just stick to standards and not make up things that only IE supports. Also, bookmarked. Great find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clonetrooper9494 Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Whoa! I never knew that was possible, awesome idea though! It doesn't look like it will work to the extent of games, but menus, animations, and small apps on the iPhone look promising! A problem I am seeing is it takes a long time to load the SVG... I have a feeling that will be a big problem for more complex SWFs. I decided to rip it so I could test some other SWF files, as it doesn't load external files(JS won't do that):http://clonedrone.com/flash4iphone/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingolme Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 The problem is that it can't load sounds and, unlike flash player, can't use the Flash crossdomain policy to access other domains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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