Adobe Director, formerly Macromedia Director, was a multimedia application authoring system that was developed by Macromedia. It had since been acquired by Adobe Systems, which discontinued support for Director in 2017. Shockwave is a web content format that is authored with Director.[1] Microsoft 365 blocks Shockwave content by default for security reasons.
History[]
Logos for Flash and Shockwave web content by Macromedia, before being acquired by Adobe in 2005.
Content authored with Macromedia Director helped drive the business of early multimedia CD-ROMs. Applications authored with Director often, though not always, bear a logo indicating such. Director supports playback scripting with the Lingo programming language, allowing for rapid prototyping and development of graphical applications with the tradeoff of limitations of the authoring platform.[2]
In December 1996, Macromedia acquired FutureSplash Animator, which became Macromedia Flash and eventually overtook Shockwave to become the leading multimedia plug-in for the web.[3] Macromedia Flash was occasionally referred to as "Shockwave Flash" and even shared the file format extension (swf), leading to confusion between the two. In 2005, Macromedia was acquired by Adobe Systems, which renamed the products to Adobe Flash and Adobe Shockwave.[4] Adobe discontinued support for Adobe Director and Shockwave in 2017.[1]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Adobe Is Killing Contribute, Director, and Shockwave by msmash, Slashdot. 2017-01-27.
- ↑ Lingo Scripting Language, WikiWikiWeb. 2005-06-21.
- ↑ The Life, Death and Rebirth of Adobe Flash by Christina Warren, Mashable. 2012-11-19.
- ↑ Macromedia Flash SWF File Format, Library of Congress. Accessed 2018-06-26.
External links[]
- Flash, Silverlight, and Shockwave controls blocked in Microsoft Office at Microsoft Support
- Adobe Director - End of Life at Adobe (archived 2019-04-14)
- Adobe Director at Wikipedia
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