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An open source Flash™ runtime written in pure JavaScript

20 mentions on Hacker News by 19 people: 2 stories, 18 comments · first 2010-01-13 · latest 2020-07-25

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  1. …been a few flash runtimes in javascript and other languages. Most of them have been long abandoned. https://github.com/tobeytailor/gordon https://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/ In development: https://github.com/lightspark/lightspark…
    comment by efreak · 2020-07-25 · in Flash Game History
  2. …https://github.com/mozilla/shumway/ ) http://gordonjs.s3.amazonaws.com/trip.html (via https://github.com/tobytailor/gordon/wiki ) https://google-developers.appspot.com/swiffy/showcase/snake_... (not reading SWF directly but running…
    comment by myfonj · 2018-07-28 · in Adobe Flash’s Gaming Legacy and My Efforts To Save It
  3. …s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shumway_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Swiffy There's also https://github.com/tobytailor/gordon/wiki I guess most of them are more or less dead :-/
    comment by rb2k_ · 2017-07-25 · in “We will stop updating and distributing the Flash Player at the end of 2020”
  4. Looks dead, but https://github.com/tobytailor/gordon
    comment by zwily · 2017-07-25 · in “We will stop updating and distributing the Flash Player at the end of 2020”
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    Gordon – open source Flash runtime written in pure JavaScript
    story by ashitlerferad · 2016-08-28 · 12 comments
  6. …I'm not aware of any JS-powered flash implementation There are a few. A quick Google search reveals https://github.com/tobytailor/gordon/wiki and http://mozilla.github.io/shumway/ . At a stretch, Free Software, non-JS players like…
    comment by chriswarbo · 2015-01-06 · in Movement to get rid of Adobe Flash started 3 years ago. Flash is still alive
  7. …to see tobeytailor (of Gordon[1]) working on this. Is this built on the same code Gordon uses? [1]: https://github.com/tobeytailor/gordon/
    comment by woogley · 2012-11-12 · in Shumway: a SWF interpreter entirely in JavaScript
  8. If you're thinking about using this, you might also consider Gordon ( https://github.com/tobeytailor/gordon ) or Smokescreen ( https://github.com/cesmoak/smokescreen ). Gordon's simpler -- very easy to follow code. Whereas Smokescreen,…
    comment by robterrell · 2011-11-12 · in Have a Flash SWF File? convert it to HTML5 with Google Swiffy
  9. Isn't this what Gordon did? https://github.com/tobeytailor/gordon/wiki
    comment by tolmasky · 2011-06-28 · in Convert Flash to HTML5
  10. How does this compare to Gordon? https://github.com/tobeytailor/gordon/wiki
    comment by tolmasky · 2011-06-28 · in Swiffy: convert SWF files to HTML5
  11. …a bunch of stuff left out that'd make implementation difficult, but that hasn't stopped: (GORDON)[ https://github.com/tobeytailor/gordon ] -- an open source Flash runtime written in pure JavaScript . It only supports up to Flash v. 2;…
    comment by amadiver · 2011-01-13 · in 10 Questions for John Gruber Regarding H.264, WebM
  12. …Flash™ runtime written in pure JavaScript EXAMPLE: http://paulirish.com/work/gordon/demos/ GIT: https://github.com/tobeytailor/gordon
    comment by woodall · 2010-11-23 · in Ask HN: which obscure Github projects have you found useful?
  13. This looks a lot like Gordon ( http://github.com/tobeytailor/gordon ) — a JS implementation of Flash. In which case, the point is that you don’t need a service to convert your files — your SWF files would work as-is. Ideally — provided JS…
    comment by mtigas · 2010-05-29 · in Converting Flash to HTML5 (StrongBad Demo)
  14. …because once html5 offers the basic functionality, javascript flash emulators like gordon ( http://github.com/tobeytailor/gordon ) will be able to fill the gap while designers are still holding out
    comment by jiaaro · 2010-03-26 · in Can Flash Survive HTML5?
  15. …implementation written in Javascript and Gnash which is an open-source flash movie player [2]. [1] http://github.com/tobeytailor/gordon [2] http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/
    comment by mrduncan · 2010-02-02 · in Adobe CTO on the state of Flash
  16. Don't forget Gordon, the open source Flash runtime implemented in Javascript and HTML5: http://github.com/tobeytailor/gordon I don't think something like this will save Adobe's derriere though -- at best it'll be a fallback-option…
    comment by friism · 2010-01-31 · in Who Can Do Something About Those Blue Boxes?
  17. There appears to be support for video in there, audio is a different issue. http://github.com/tobeytailor/gordon/blob/master/src/Movie.j...
    comment by voodootikigod · 2010-01-13 · in Gordon: An open source Flash runtime written in pure JavaScript
  18. Quick link to demo: http://github.com/tobeytailor/gordon/raw/master/demos/tiger.... Wish people made github pages a bit more friendly. It's like being thrown into a pit of 1s and 0s.
    comment by axod · 2010-01-13 · in Gordon: An open source Flash runtime written in pure JavaScript
  19. Has anyone tried this out? Is it more than a toy? README says little http://github.com/tobeytailor/gordon/blob/master/README
    comment by hendler · 2010-01-13 · in Gordon: An open source Flash runtime written in pure JavaScript
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    Gordon: An open source Flash runtime written in pure JavaScript
    story by r11t · 2010-01-13 · 97 comments