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Macromedia Flash Version Release History |
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Macromedia Flash, or simply Flash, refers
to both the Macromedia Flash Player and to a multimedia
authoring program used to create content for it. The
Flash Player, originally developed and distributed by
Adobe Systems (formerly by Macromedia), is a client
application available in most web browsers. It features
support for vector and raster graphics, a native
scripting language called ActionScript and bidirectional
streaming of audio and video. |
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Strictly speaking, Macromedia Flash is
the authoring environment and Flash Player is the
virtual machine used to run the Flash files, but in
colloquial language these have become mixed: "Flash" can
mean either the authoring environment, the player, or
the application files. |
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The table below lists the various versions of
Flash that you may encounter. |
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Version |
Released |
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FutureSplash
Animator |
1995 |
Initial version of Flash with basic editing
tools and a timeline. In December 1996,
Macromedia acquired FutureSplash and later
released it as Flash 1.0. |
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1 |
1996 |
Flash 1 (December 1996) - a Macromedia
re-branded version of the FutureSplash Animator. |
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2 |
1997 |
Flash 2 (June 1997) - the object library was
added to Flash. |
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3 |
1998 |
Flash 3 (31 May 1998) - the movieclip element,
Javascript plug-in integration, transparency and
an external stand alone player was added to
Flash. |
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4 |
1999 |
Flash 4 (15 June 1999) - internal variables, an
input field, advanced Actionscript, and
streaming MP3. |
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5 |
2000 |
Flash 5 (24 August 2000) - Javascript like
Actionscript, Smartclips, HTML text formatting
added. |
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MX |
2002 |
Flash MX (15 March 2002) - UI Components, XML,
compression, streaming video codec.
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MX2004 |
2003 |
Flash MX 2004 (10 September 2003) - text alias,
Unicode, Actionscript 2.0, improved streaming
video codec, behaviours. Launch of a Pro version
- all Flash MX 2004 features plus a form and
slide editor, web services integration, Object
Oriented Programming in ActionScript 2.0, and
Media Playback components, which encapsulate a
complete MP3 and/or FLV player in a component
that may be placed in a SWF. |
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8 |
2005 |
Flash 8 (13 September 2005) -
Added an external interface allowing the host
machine to programmatically control Flash
content. At the same time the Pro version was
released - with improved higher-quality of video
codec and encoder. Added Filters and Blending
Modes for movie-clips and buttons. |
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