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Adobe Shockwave Player
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Developed by Adobe Systems
Latest release 11. A software developer is a person or organization concerned with facets of the software development process wider than design and coding a somewhat broader scope of Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee əˈdoʊbiː ( is an American Computer software company headquartered in San Jose California A software release is the distribution whether public or private of an initial or new and upgraded version of a Computer software product 0. 0. 429 / 2008-03-25
OS Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X (Universal)
Platform Web browsers
Genre Multimedia Player / MIME type: application/x-director
Website Adobe Shockwave Player

Adobe Shockwave (formerly Macromedia Shockwave) was Macromedia's first and most successful multimedia player prior to the introduction of Macromedia Flash (now Adobe Flash). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. An operating system (commonly abbreviated OS and O/S) is the software component of a Computer system that is responsible for the management and coordination Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Mac OS X (mæk oʊ ɛs tɛn is a line of computer Operating systems developed marketed and sold by Apple Inc, the latest of which is pre-loaded on all currently In Computing, a platform describes some sort of Hardware architecture or Software framework (including Application frameworks, that allows A web browser is a software application which enables a user to display and interact with text images videos music games and other information typically located on a Computer software can be organized into categories based on common function type or field of use Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions ( MIME) is an Internet standard that extends the format of e-mail to support text in Character A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Macromedia was a North American graphics and Web development Software house headquartered in San Francisco, California producing such products Adobe Flash (previously called Shockwave Flash and Macromedia Flash) is a set of Multimedia software created by Macromedia and currently It allows Adobe Director applications to be published on the Internet and viewed in a web browser by anyone who has the Shockwave plug-in installed. Adobe Director (formerly Macromedia Director) is a media application created by Macromedia &mdashnow part of Adobe Systems. A web browser is a software application which enables a user to display and interact with text images videos music games and other information typically located on a

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Description

Shockwave is usually authored in the Adobe Director environment. Adobe Director (formerly Macromedia Director) is a media application created by Macromedia &mdashnow part of Adobe Systems. While there is support for including Flash movies inside Shockwave files, authors often choose the Shockwave Director combo over Flash because it offers more features and more powerful tools. Features not replicated by Flash include a much faster rendering engine, including hardware-accelerated 3D, and support for various network protocols, including Internet Relay Chat. Furthermore, Shockwave's functionality can be extended with so-called "Xtras". Xtras' are plug-in applications (alternatively know as extensions add-ons orcomponents for Macromedia products (now owned by Adobe) in particular Adobe Director

Platform Support

Unlike Flash, the Shockwave browser plugin is not available for Linux or Solaris despite vocal lobbying efforts. Linux (commonly pronounced ˈlɪnəks Solaris is a Unix -based Operating system introduced by Sun Microsystems in 1992 as the successor to SunOS. However, the Shockwave Player can be installed on Linux with CrossOver or by running a Windows version of a supported browser in Wine. CrossOver (known before version 60 as CrossOver Office) is the collective name for three commercial and proprietary programs developed by CodeWeavers Wine is a free Software application which aims to allow Unix-like computer Operating systems on the X86 architecture to execute

Shockwave was available as a plug-in for both Mac OS and Windows for most of its history. Mac OS is the trademarked name for a series of Graphical user interface -based Operating systems developed by Apple Inc Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. However, there was a notable break in support for the Macintosh between January 2006 (when Apple Inc. released Apple Intel transition based on the Intel Core Duo) and March 2008 (when Adobe released Shockwave 11, the first version to run natively on Intel Macs). Macintosh, commonly nicknamed Mac is a Brand name which covers several lines of Personal computers designed developed and marketed by Apple Inc Apple Inc, ( formerly Apple Computer Inc, is an American Multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing Consumer electronics MACS can also refer to Magnetic-activated cell sorting A MACS lift is an acronym for a form of facial surgery or Rhytidectomy used to reduce wrinkles The Core brand refers to Intel 's 32-bit mobile Dual-core X86 CPUs that derived from the Pentium M branded processors Adobe bricks are a Natural building material made from Sand, Clay, water and some kind of fibrous or Organic material ( Sticks,

Applications

Although Shockwave was designed for making a wide variety of online movies and animations, its actual use has become concentrated in the area of game development. It is often used in online applications which require a very rich graphical environment. Online Learning tools which simulate real-world physics or involve significant graphing, charting, or calculation will often use Shockwave. Electronic learning (or e-Learning or eLearning) is a type of education where the medium of instruction is computer technology

History

The Shockwave player originally began as a helper app developed for Netscape by Director team members Christian Hunt and David Walker as a proof of concept for playing multimedia content over the web. Version 1. 0 was released independent of Director 4 and its development schedule has since coincided with the release of Director since version 5. Its versioning also has since been tied to Director's and thus there were no Shockwave 2-4 releases.

Shockwave 1

The Shockwave plug-in for Netscape Navigator 2. 0 is released in 1995, along with the standalone Afterburner utility to compress Director files for Shockwave playback.

Shockwave 5

Afterburner is integrated into the Director 5. 0 authoring tool as an Xtra.

Shockwave 6

Added support for Shockwave Audio (swa) which consisted of the emerging MP3 file format with some additional headers.

Shockwave 7

Added support for linked media including images and casts Added support for Shockwave Multiuser Server

Shockwave 8. 5

Added support for Intel's 3D technologies including rendering.

Shockwave 10

Last version to support Mac OS X (versions lower than 10. Mac OS X (mæk oʊ ɛs tɛn is a line of computer Operating systems developed marketed and sold by Apple Inc, the latest of which is pre-loaded on all currently 4) and Mac OS 9

Shockwave 11

Added support for Intel-based Macs. Mac OS 9 is the final major release of Apple's "Classic" Mac OS. The Apple Intel transition was the process of changing the CPU of Macintosh Computers from PowerPC processors to Intel X86

Branding and Name Confusion

In an attempt to raise its brand profile all Macromedia players prefixed Shockwave to their names in the late 1990s. Although this campaign was very successful and helped establish Shockwave Flash as a dominant multimedia plugin, Shockwave and Flash became more difficult to maintain as two separate products. The File format SWF (acronym of " Shockwave Flash "pronounced swiff)a partially open repository for multimedia and especially The File format SWF (acronym of " Shockwave Flash "pronounced swiff)a partially open repository for multimedia and especially In 2005, Macromedia marketed three distinct browser player plugins under the brand names Macromedia Authorware, Macromedia Shockwave and Macromedia Flash. Macromedia Authorware (now part of Adobe Systems) is an interpreted Flowchart based graphical Programming language.

Macromedia also released a web browser plug-in for viewing Macromedia FreeHand files online. "Freehand" redirects here For the Australian production company see Freehand Group. It was branded Macromedia Shockwave for FreeHand and displayed specially compressed . fhc Freehand files. [1]

Later, with the acquisition of Macromedia by Adobe, everything related to Shockwave is slowly being rebranded. Macromedia was a North American graphics and Web development Software house headquartered in San Francisco, California producing such products Adobe bricks are a Natural building material made from Sand, Clay, water and some kind of fibrous or Organic material ( Sticks,

Market Penetration

According to Adobe, Macromedia Shockwave Player is available on 52. Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee əˈdoʊbiː ( is an American Computer software company headquartered in San Jose California 3% of Internet-enabled PCs. [2] It uses . DCR files created using the authoring tool Macromedia Director. Adobe Director (formerly Macromedia Director) is a media application created by Macromedia &mdashnow part of Adobe Systems.

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References

  1. ^ Perry Board, Rick Luna and Derek O'Dell (1996). Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Creating Shockwave Web Pages - Chapter 20 Shockwave for Freehand. Que Corporation. ISBN 0-7897-0903-1. Retrieved on [[2008-03-30]]. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.  
  2. ^ Brown, Millward (2007-03-31). Millward Brown, one of the world's leading research agencies with headquarters in the US is expert in advertising effectiveness communications assessment media evaluation brand Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Shockwave Player Adoption Statistics. Adobe Systems. Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee əˈdoʊbiː ( is an American Computer software company headquartered in San Jose California Retrieved on 2007-03-31. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor
  3. ^ The Shockwave.com Of The Future - Forbes.com
  4. ^ AtomFilms to Merge with Shockwave.com
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