.SWF is easy, it stands for Shockwave Flash. Back before Director could do shockwave for the web, Flash was the only web option, and it was called Shockwave. To finish the file and HTML for the web, you had to use a program called Aftershock, to "Shock" the content. I guess they just stuck with the extension even though it's not called Shockwave Flash anymore
Charlie Fiskeaux II Media Designer The Creative Group www.cre8tivegroup.com 859/858-9054x29 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jakob Hede Madsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 9:48 PM Subject: Re: <lingo-l> What is W3d? At 17:08 -0700 01/10/02, Buzz Kettles wrote: >At 6:04 PM -0300 10/1/02, you wrote: >>>What is this file ex. w3d? >> >> It means World 3D. You´ll find many examples of this at >>www.directordev.com > >It was for Web 3D So what is it for now? ;-) The etymology of acronyms is not necessarily a static phenomenon, it may well vary over time. History is written by the victor, and is subject to change. .SWF ??? Anyone? ;-) Jakob [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
