The older the swf the higher the chance it will display as it should.ĭespite the limited support of features the Ruffle project might be the best chance we have to preserve the amazing swf format online.
If you can contribute to Ruffle with code or donations please do so (the lead dev is sponsored but the project itself has few donors).Īdobe's offline Flash Player (the projector exe) It is open-source but its lead developer is actually sponsored, which gives Ruffle a fighting chance to become feature-complete. Note: I plan to re-write this text late into 2021 so that it looks better. The basic idea is to not view the flashes in your browser. ^- This is the preferred reliable way to play flash now. ^- 'Open' any swf file in Adobe's projector directly from your browser. Open swf files with it, no installation necessary.Īdobe's Flash Plugin (and a browser that supports it) ^- As you can see the download is from Adobe's site, which is trustworthy. Note: I plan to write this text late into 2021 so that I don't post too many assumptions that turns out to be false.
