mozilla/shumway on Hacker News

…target at the time. [1]: https://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/ [2]: http://lightspark.github.io/ [3]: https://github.com/mozilla/shumway

comment by mananaysiempre · 2023-03-31 · in When SVG almost got network support for raw sockets

That's what Shumway did (it's now unmaintained), and what Ruffle does. https://github.com/mozilla/shumway https://ruffle.rs/

comment by jraph · 2022-12-21 · in I still use Flash

…you may be interested in the openflash project https://github.com/open-flash and the shuobject api https://github.com/mozilla/shumway/blob/16451d8836fa85f4b16e...

comment by ZenPsycho · 2020-06-16 · in Adobe to remove Flash Player from web site after December 2020

…have a look at the sorts of challenges you're in for by looking at Shumway's issues register here: https://github.com/mozilla/shumway/issues

comment by ZenPsycho · 2020-06-16 · in Adobe to remove Flash Player from web site after December 2020

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story by stagas · 2020-06-02 · 4 comments

…for the most part using web technologies (e.g. WebAssembly). I remember Mozilla created Shumway ( https://github.com/mozilla/shumway ) but it looks like they have given up on it.

comment by jonkoops · 2020-05-27 · in Nitrome to convert its Flash game library to HTML5

There was an effort to run Flash using JS by Mozilla, called Shumway, now in Mozilla Graveyard. https://github.com/mozilla/shumway

comment by kbumsik · 2019-10-13 · in Flash Is Responsible for the Internet's Most Creative Era

…to all the security holes that probably are waiting to be found. Of course, that is speculation. [ https://github.com/mozilla/shumway ] [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActionScript ]

comment by mgamache · 2019-08-18 · in Ruffle – An Adobe Flash Player Written in Rust Compiled to WebAssembly

…To do this someone would need to compile the Tamrin AS/ES engine using something like WebAssembly. https://github.com/mozilla/shumway/wiki/Intro https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Archive/Mozilla/Tam... https://webassembly.org/

comment by kbrosnan · 2019-03-17 · in Pale Moon Browser Continues Support and Development of XUL

We really need to resurrect Shumway: https://github.com/mozilla/shumway At this point I consider Shumway to be a retro console emulation project.

comment by sanxiyn · 2019-03-17 · in Pale Moon Browser Continues Support and Development of XUL

…dead. As for Shumway, looking at the commit history[0], the last commit was over 2 years ago. [0] https://github.com/mozilla/shumway/commits/master

comment by asaph · 2018-11-14 · in Shumway: Flash implementation in JavaScript

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story by cyborgx7 · 2018-11-12 · 37 comments

…SWF running in JavaScript: http://mozilla.github.io/shumway/examples/racing/ (via aforementioned https://github.com/mozilla/shumway/ ) http://gordonjs.s3.amazonaws.com/trip.html (via https://github.com/tobytailor/gordon/wiki )…

comment by myfonj · 2018-07-28 · in Adobe Flash’s Gaming Legacy and My Efforts To Save It

https://github.com/mozilla/shumway is supposed to be an implementation of the Flash VM in typescript, But it can't even run in latest Firefox browser anymore apparently and no commits from 2 years.

comment by nostalgeek · 2018-07-26 · in Is WebAssembly the Return of Java Applets and Flash?

From Mozilla yes, but there was some activity by others this year: https://github.com/mozilla/shumway/pull/2442

comment by icebraining · 2018-06-29 · in Internet is losing its memory: Cerf

Or https://github.com/mozilla/shumway which doesn't require any native code

comment by leeter · 2017-07-26 · in Petition to open source Flash

…Geocities pages (unless someone makes a Flash player in Javascript O_o) Looks like it's possible: https://github.com/mozilla/shumway http://mozilla.github.io/shumway/examples/inspector/inspecto...

comment by sillysaurus3 · 2017-07-25 · in “We will stop updating and distributing the Flash Player at the end of 2020”

More up to date, but still looks dead: https://github.com/mozilla/shumway

comment by RussianCow · 2017-07-25 · in “We will stop updating and distributing the Flash Player at the end of 2020”

A similar project is shumway, an implementation of Flash with JavaScript: https://github.com/mozilla/shumway

comment by hamandcheese · 2017-06-19 · in CheerpJ Applet Viewer – Runs Java applets without a local Java installation

Mozilla was actually working on exactly this, but seems to have stopped without explanation. https://github.com/mozilla/shumway

comment by sparky_ · 2016-12-18 · in Ask HN: Why doesn't Adobe just kill the Flash Player?

…when you're already encoding in h.264, so it likely isn't so sites can continue serving Flash. [0]: https://github.com/mozilla/shumway

comment by cooper12 · 2016-11-04 · in Flv.js – An HTML5 Flash Video Player

like https://github.com/mozilla/shumway ?

comment by catshirt · 2016-10-31 · in WebAssembly Browser Preview

Indeed ( https://github.com/mozilla/shumway/commits/master ). But looking at the codebase (10000 commits, tests), maybe there's hope it's pushed again someday? Mozilla pulled the same compatibility-via-JS-runtime trick for PDF, but SWF…

comment by ronjouch · 2016-08-28 · in Gordon – open source Flash runtime written in pure JavaScript

It's a pity Shumway project died: https://github.com/mozilla/shumway Because despite all attempts to kick Flash off the Web, it's still lingering around.

comment by shmerl · 2016-05-17 · in HTML5 by Default – Draft Proposal

It's not just a theory, Mozilla has already implemented Flash in JS: https://github.com/mozilla/shumway

comment by icebraining · 2015-11-02 · in WebAssembly: a binary format for the web

https://github.com/mozilla/shumway

comment by macspoofing · 2015-07-14 · in The Call to Kill Adobe’s Flash in Favor of HTML5 Is Rising

From what I understand Shumway ( https://github.com/mozilla/shumway ) is being developed for exactly that reason

comment by ehPReth · 2015-07-14 · in The Call to Kill Adobe’s Flash in Favor of HTML5 Is Rising

You might be interested in https://github.com/mozilla/shumway

comment by yazaddaruvala · 2015-07-14 · in Firefox makes click-to-activate Flash the default

…is then evaluated. It has a from-scratch JIT engine that analyzes the bytecode and generates JS. https://github.com/mozilla/shumway/blob/master/src/avm2/comp... I've worked a lot with Flash bytecode and contributed to Shumway a long time…

comment by Jasper_ · 2015-02-13 · in Firefox Nightly now plays Amazon.com Flash videos using Shumway

…interpreter and a JIT that generates JavaScript, compiled using eval(). The code is on GitHub: https://github.com/mozilla/shumway/

comment by cpeterso · 2015-02-13 · in Firefox Nightly now plays Amazon.com Flash videos using Shumway

…the impression the project was put on hold. Shumway is definitely under active development. See https://github.com/mozilla/shumway/ for details and commit history.

comment by nnethercote · 2014-12-24 · in Mozilla Research Projects

…of it is written in Typescript[0]. It's great that Mozilla is getting behind the project. - [0]: https://github.com/mozilla/shumway/tree/master/src

comment by bjz_ · 2014-12-24 · in Mozilla Research Projects

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story by ot · 2014-12-24 · 35 comments

…also helps enforce modularity between the content (AS), compiler, runtime, and JITted (JS) code. https://github.com/mozilla/shumway/

comment by cpeterso · 2014-07-21 · in TypeScript: New Compiler and Moving to GitHub

and probably won't for some time without an official bug report ;) https://github.com/mozilla/shumway/issues

comment by leeoniya · 2013-11-07 · in Fourier Toy

You should keep an eye on Mozilla's Shumway ( https://github.com/mozilla/shumway ). I recently installed it as an add-on to the firefox browser on my Android Tablet (Galaxy Tab 2 7) and have had luck with a few flash sites.

comment by shuzchen · 2013-10-27 · in My dad unexpectedly uses my Linux laptop to get real work done

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story by SunboX · 2013-09-10 · 0 comments

…JavaScript https://wiki.mozilla.org/PDF.js - Shumway: a Flash player written entirely in JavaScript https://github.com/mozilla/shumway/wiki - The addon SDK: The foundation upon which all new kick-ass addons are built…

comment by Paul_D_Santana · 2013-04-07 · in What can I do for Mozilla

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story by antonios · 2013-04-04 · 0 comments

Interestingly, there are also a prototype Flash in JavaScript called Shumway: https://github.com/mozilla/shumway And an IIUC a DOM renderer in JS https://github.com/andreasgal/dom.js/ I don't know if PDF.js will ever reach full PDF…

comment by Ygg2 · 2013-02-20 · in Firefox introduces PDF viewer

…Chrome if it works there) will be able to translate Flash to JS, for your iPads and whatnot. [1] https://github.com/mozilla/shumway

comment by Ygg2 · 2013-01-31 · in Firefox to block content based on Java, Reader, and Silverlight

…for the ability to emulate Flash in Javascript. [1] https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js [2] https://github.com/mozilla/shumway

comment by kibwen · 2013-01-12 · in Mozilla adds all recent versions of Java to its Firefox add-on blocklist

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story by taylorbuley · 2012-11-16 · 0 comments

…For example, I was suggested Shumway (JS flash emulator). I'm sent to the github page for it ( https://github.com/mozilla/shumway ). They give a small summary and a little info on getting an installation working. Nothing however I can see…

comment by xhrpost · 2012-10-10 · in What can I do for Mozilla?

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story by shawndumas · 2012-09-14 · 0 comments

…every time makes PDF just so more annoying. Mozilla is also working on something similar for Flash: https://github.com/mozilla/shumway . I'm a bit sceptical but with the success of PDF.js I can't wait to use it.

comment by fafner · 2012-09-14 · in Pdf.js: PDF Reader in JavaScript

…has really pulled it's socks up of late, some of the stuff from the labs: Very awesome Shumway - https://github.com/mozilla/shumway Very awesome PDF.js - https://mozillalabs.com/en-US/pdfjs/ IHeartCode -…

comment by ink_ · 2012-09-13 · in There is something magical about Firefox OS

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story by vgnet · 2012-05-30 · 0 comments

Like Shumway? https://github.com/mozilla/shumway This is an effort to render SFW inside the browser.

comment by hub_ · 2012-02-23 · in Flash For Linux Will Only Be Available For Chrome

https://github.com/mozilla/shumway > Shumway is an HTML5 technology experiment that explores building a faithful and efficient renderer for the SWF file format without native code assistance. > Shumway is community-driven and supported by…

comment by paulrouget · 2012-02-22 · in Flash For Linux Will Only Be Available For Chrome