Adobe Flash 9 SWF Specification To Be Released End of Month (July 07)

Woot! JD left a comment today on an a previous post indicating that the Adobe Flash 9 SWF Specification will be pushed live the last week of July 07.

JD's comment

It’s been a while coming, but I’m just geeky enough to be happy knowing I’ll be parsing that pdf within a fortnight.

Oh, and thanks JD for somehow being plugged in 24 / 7 and still remembering to follow up internally on a rather obscure blog post from a couple of months back - you are a fantastic asset to the community. :)

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7 Comments

  1. David R
    Posted July 24, 2007 at 1:34 am | Permalink

    It’s about time…it’s been what, 18 months now since flash 9 was released? (called 8.5 at the time). They’ve open sourced the compiler before they even released the specs of the format it compiles to!

  2. John Dowdell
    Posted July 24, 2007 at 2:02 am | Permalink

    That’s from informal speech from Emmy, who was coordinating multiple groups in getting this out, and it came from face-to-face conversation end of last week. I might have gotten the details wrong, but it should be soon, that’s the gist.

    I know some wanted it sooner. Anyone can use Player 9 deployed capabilities today with whichever SWF they write, but some wanted documentation on the newer abilities before it hit 90% viewership. I’d like simultaneous-ship myself, but I also see, on the inside, that many review cycles are involved, and there are at the same time many competing demands for the attention of the folks making the desktop Player.

    I don’t know what assurance I could give you that we’d someday ship file spec simultaneously with each major release, but I do know that’s what each of us wishes we could achieve, if that internal background is of help.

    jd/adobe

  3. Ryan [draw.logic]
    Posted July 24, 2007 at 5:37 pm | Permalink

    Great news! The more and more they open up at adobe the more they will lock in their technology to last.

  4. emmy
    Posted July 27, 2007 at 12:30 am | Permalink

    Hi,

    It went live tonight.

    http://www.adobe.com/licensing/developer

    best,
    Emmy

  5. galactus
    Posted July 27, 2007 at 11:55 am | Permalink

    well, it looks like it is finally there:

    http://www.adobe.com/licensing/developer/

    get it while its hot :)

  6. Samantha
    Posted February 18, 2008 at 12:24 pm | Permalink

    Thank you for posting this Galactus. I’m looking forward to downloading it and trying it out when I get home from work!

  7. griwner
    Posted February 28, 2008 at 12:48 pm | Permalink

    Great news! The more and more they open up at adobe the more they will lock in their technology to last.

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