

Shockwave is an engine that plays back content created in Adobe Director, a multimedia authoring environment that dates back to the late 80s and is currently in version 11. They are both used as plug-ins in Web browsers to play animation and content such as free online games. They were both developed at Macromedia, and are now owned and developed by Adobe. On my notebook I have Adobe Flash Player 10 ActiveX, Adobe Flash Player 10 Plugin and Adobe Shockwave Player 11, and the question is: "who is who?" As I understand the first one is for Internet Explorer, the second - for Mozilla products, but what is the third necessary for? What is the difference between Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Shockwave Player? More: I heard about Macromedia Flash Player - what is it and should I install it too?įlash and Shockwave are two different Web-based application environments that are often confused for each other. :) But why isn't it labelled "Adobe Flash"? Quote -In my Firefox it still shows up under "Shockwave Flash".
