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Jan 7 2006

MERRY BOY  to get SWF's from pages it will work maybe 2/3 times, is to simply hit control and click and click save page as .. web archive and run it through file juicer , gets most games and movies  
(Version 1.2)

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Jan 4 2006
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JOEL MUELLER  I like the marketing idea of it. But then again, opening a whole nother window to play a flash game seems like more clutter unless you open your browser, find the flash game, and then quit your browser when iSwiff launches.  
(Version 1.2)

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Nov 11 2005
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BILL B  Appears to work OK, but is redundant as Macromedia provides a free flash player at their website. Hard to find, though.

As far as getting flash files from websites, if the website serves the file (i.e., it isn't loaded from another server) try saving the webpage using Camino. There are also websites that provide free downloads of flash files, like dumpalink.com.  
(Version 1.1.2)

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Nov 11 2005

BILL B  I just checked and Macromedia's flash player is much easier to find now. Here's the link:

http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&P2_Platform=MacOSX  
(Version 1.1.2)

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Oct 22 2005

ANONYMOUS  yeah real great except i thought i would be able to actually get files of web pages . i tried it with sitesucker didnt work , so oh well  
(Version 1.1.1)

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Nov 8 2005

ANONYMOUS  In safari, go to the page the flash is on, hit command-option-U and search for .swf Then download that file from either google, wget or whatever.  
(Version 1.1.2)

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Nov 8 2005

MATT  Or just copy the .swf web address and paste it in the downloads window.  
(Version 1.1.2)

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Nov 9 2005

ANONYMOUS  Or use FireFox. Hit page info, click the media tab. Locate the swf and hit download (or whatever it says!)  
(Version 1.1.2)

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Nov 10 2005

ANONYMOUS  Or (in Safari), open the Activity window, find the file for the page you're viewing, and option-doubleclick on it (if I remember correctly... my iBook's dead at the moment. :( )  
(Version 1.1.2)

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Oct 11 2005

ANONYMOUS  What are the games shown in the screenshot? :)  
(Version 1.1.1)

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Oct 11 2005

ANONYMOUS  To find games I have put a starter list of sites here:

http://echoone.com/iswiff/flashfinder.html

Kind regards

Henrik  
(Version 1.1.1)

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Oct 12 2005

ANONYMOUS  Thanks very much!  
(Version 1.1.1)

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Jun 17 2009

AARON  Check Out My Website of Flash Games for iSwiff. There's not a lot but is in progress!

Thanks

Aaron

Http://web.me.com/hotrod094  
(Version 1.4)

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May 6 2005

ANONYMOUS  i want it on my dashboard  
(Version 1.1)

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Apr 30 2005
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GUARDIAN ARCHON  Excellent piece of software. It will likely become very useful now that QuickTime 7 no longer plays Shockwave files. Only feature I'd like to see is the ability to stretch the files to fill the screen in full screen mode, if that's possible. Excellent little utility.  
(Version 1.0.3)

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Mar 4 2005

RYAN  (Not rating because it's probably more accurately classified as a utility than a game.)

Freakin awesome. Small, fast, and free. QuickTime Player can be very picky about playing Flash files -- sometimes they open, sometimes not, and when they do open, sometimes sound doesn't sync or something. (I'm guessing QT uses it's own decoder for SWF, instead of using the plugin? Not sure.)

iSwiff just uses the Macromedia Flash plugin for running flash files, so they work exactly the same as they would in Safari, except that you can scale them to any size that you want. By right-clicking on the window, you can change some settings with the plugin, like quality and zoom. (Tip: If a file is playing back very jerky, just bump the quality back to Medium or Low. Low is a little nasty, but Medium looks fine.) It also allows you to run the files in full screen mode, so it's great for showing off your H*R collection to a bunch of friends. :)

Be sure to check out the link to the Prince of Persia flash game for a great blast from the past.  
(Version 1.0.3)

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Mar 4 2005

ANONYMOUS  You may note that this software is classified thusly:

Category:

Games

Sub-category:

Gaming Tools & Utilities

Quite correctly so.  
(Version 1.0.3)

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Feb 26 2005

ANONYMOUS  cool that it's free, but what is the difference between this and Macromedia's free Stand alone Player ? (Other than you have dig around for it on their site. )Thanks  
(Version 1.0.3)

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Feb 26 2005

ANONYMOUS  This seems quite a bit slower than SA Player too  
(Version 1.0.3)

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Mar 3 2005

ANONYMOUS  What are you talking about? Link please.  
(Version 1.0.3)

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Mar 3 2005

ANONYMOUS  A search of the MacUpdate website reveals:

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/17338

Too easy.  
(Version 1.0.3)

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Jan 16 2005
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BRETT  I wish this had more features but it does it's job  
(Version 1.0.2)

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Jan 16 2005

ANONYMOUS  This is what I've been waiting for.  
(Version 1.0.2)

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Jan 5 2005

MACAHOLIC  see if you can make it for 10.2. I want to try it.

:)  
(Version 1.0.2)

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Jan 6 2005

HENRIK  Sorry - I don't think this will happen. The webkit I am using for the Flash plugin is not available for 10.2.  
(Version 1.0.2)

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Jan 5 2005

ANONYMOUS  could do with the file name in the window at the top... well like normal  
(Version 1.0.2)

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Jan 5 2005

HENRIK  Now on my list....  
(Version 1.0.2)

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Jan 5 2005
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AA  Needs a Minimize Window feature and a thrue FullScreen Mode!  
(Version 1.0.2)

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Jan 5 2005

HENRIK  Now on my list...  
(Version 1.0.2)

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Jan 4 2005

HMX-12  Does this play Director (.DCR) files, or just Flash? I've been looking for a non-browser way to play Director files for years. ^_^

For Flash, I already use Macromedia's stand-alone Flash player for OSX, but if iSwiff works better, I'll use it instead. (No, this is not intended as a slam against iSwiff in any way.)  
(Version 1.0)

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Jan 4 2005

HENRIK DALGAARD  iSwiff does not support .dcr files - yet. I have put it on my to do list.  
(Version 1.0)

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Jan 5 2005

HENRIK DALGAARD  Macromedias stand alone player seems no longer to be available for download.  
(Version 1.0.2)

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Jan 5 2005

HMX-12  I'll look forward to it. ^_^

As for the Macromedia player: I don't know about a link, but the archive itself still seems to be there.  
(Version 1.0.2)

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Jan 4 2005

MAX  Thanks.

Needs a volume control though ;-)  
(Version 1.0)

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