If Shumway ever gets completed and officially supported, it could extend
swf format lifetime but it would also introduce a platform fragmentation.
Not sure if it could ever cover the entire functionality of Adobe Flash
player?
As I understand it, mostly because of 3rd party IP. Adobe has a business
model that justifies these royalties, but Mozilla probably doesn't...
Tomislav
On 28.10.2013. 19:06, Michael A. Labriola wrote:
Shumway is a plugin.
It's not a plugin. You probably need to take a look at the project and the code.
Yes, they say in that article is a browser extension, but effectively it is a
core JS library that acts as a Flash Player virtual machine but executing
inside of the JavaScript VM. I am not sure they are ever going to get it
working completely but, IMO, this is the best chance for Flex's continued
existence so I would not dismiss it out of hand.
Mike
