Macromedia Flash Player is the high performance, lightweight, highly expressive client runtime that delivers powerful and consistent user experiences across major operating systems, browsers, mobile phones and devices.
Installed on over 500 million internet-connected desktops and mobile devices, Flash Player is the backbone of the Flash Platform and enables organizations and individuals to build and deliver great digital experiences to their end users.
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Flash Player in Action
Goowy
Goowy.com uses Flash Player 8 to take the web-based mail client experience to a new level of features and fun.
Sony Pictures
Employing the new graphic effects like dynamic Glow and Blur filters in Flash Player 8, the Sony Pictures site for the upcoming film Underworld: Evolution creates an atmosphere as evocative as the film itself.
Developer Resources
Flash Architecture
Flash Player 8 is a light-weight, secure, runtime for content and applications and is built-on a number of web standards including the ECMA-262 programming language. Flash Player 8 is the target client for the Macromedia Flash Platform.
Whitepaper: Delivering Enterprise Applications, Content, and Communications with the Flash Platform (PDF, 417 KB)
Developer Centers
- Flash Player Developer Center
- Flash Developer Center
- Flex Developer Center
- Mobile and Devices Developer Center
Flash Player Detection Kit
The Macromedia Flash Player Detection Kit is a combination of software and techniques that enable web developers to deploy content created with Macromedia Flash software in such a way as to make the viewer's experience seamless.
