Smokescreen is a JavaScript-based Flash Player

Posted on Wednesday, June 02 2010 @ 8:01 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Slashdot writes mobile ad startup RevShock has developed "Smokescreen", an 8,000-line JavaScript-based Flash Player that takes up about 175KB.

'It runs entirely in the browser, reads in SWF binaries, unzips them (in native JS), extracts images and embedded audio and turns them into base64 encoded data: URIs, then stitches the vector graphics back together as animated SVG. ... Smokescreen even implements its own ActionScript bytecode interpreter.'

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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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