ruffle VS waterfox

The original SWF file can be played by Ruffle (https://ruffle.rs/). Depending on your criteria for preservation a simple web page may be sufficient.

If you want to see the future of photo platforms like Flickr, you should download the cooliris.swf file from here:

https://github.com/cooliris/embed-wall

If you're on MacOS, you can run the file with this software:

https://ruffle.rs

This is called Flash technology, which has amazing capabilities. In ten or so years, everybody will use it for multimedia.

That documentation, for stubs, can be somewhat misleading. It just looks for the presence of an avm2_stub_method function call anywhere in the method, which may mean a method that's entirely a stub, or as is the case for NetConnection.connect, a method that is stubbed under specific conditions. NetConnection.connect is stubbed for specifically non-null, non-http commands (generally this is RMTP/RTMFP). See https://github.com/ruffle-rs/ruffle/blob/df11c2206bc6be0a329...

If you weren't aware previously, you'll be pleased to learn that you can still program in Flash if you really want to, and distribute your programs on the web. https://ruffle.rs

Well technically you can still use Flash via Ruffle, a WebAssembly-based emulator:

https://ruffle.rs/

Sites like Kongregate amd albinoblacksheep are using it to revive their old catalog.

Many of the old games and movies still play back well with Ruffle installed (https://ruffle.rs/). Newgrounds embeds it by default for old interactive flash media that they couldn't convert directly to video.

It's not a perfect fit, but it works. The speed of Ruffle loading on a page is similar to that of Flash initializing, so you can arguably still make flash websites and animations to get the old look and feel if you stick to the Ruffle compatibility range. The half-to-one-second page freeze that was the norm now feels wrong, though, so maybe it's not the best idea to put Flash components everywhere like we used to do.

Runescape proved that Java could be a pretty decent system, but so many inexperienced/bad Java developers killed the ecosystem. The same is true on the backend, where Java still suffers from the reputation the Java 7 monolithic mega projects left behind.

This unlocked memories I forgot I had. Not only playing these games, but Flash introduced me to gamedev. I can clearly remember struggling in Actionscript, trying to get collision detection and resolution working. I never got it to work properly lol.

By the way, if anyone wants to relive some old flash games/movies, there is https://ruffle.rs/, an open source Flash implementation. It's great!

There is still a way to run flash apps via https://ruffle.rs/

Are you referring to technical implementation or the poor anti-privacy decisions they keep making when you say 'slightly better'? I have not given up, but I am profoundly disappointed and for somebody who says they have used FF for so long, it feels like I am being gaslit when you say they are peachy.

People have problems with what they choose to program, not the quality of their code. I too have used FF since the beginning, but switched to Waterfox last year (it took me about two years to make that decision - I didn't make it lightly). I chose WF in large part because its profile remains compatible with FF so I can switch back if they calm the F down and start acting normal again for long enough to rebuild some trust.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mozilla_Corporati... - start at the end for most recent.

Also go to the website of any one of the FF forks and read their reasons for existing. For example:

https://www.waterfox.com/#why-waterfox

Firefox - Sadly, Firefox recently removed all mentions of "we do not sell your data" from their license, website, and legal docs. Which... means they sell your data. Sad times. But fortunately there is Waterfox. Been using it for a while and it's literally just "better Firefox". Doesn't spy on you or sell your data. Has better Tab UI customization. No built in "Try our Mozilla VPN" or any other product ads. Better default settings overall. It's just better.

I've switched to Waterfox (yet another Firefox fork) and so far I'm happy with that choice

https://www.waterfox.net/

If you think Librewolf is too opinionated, try Waterfox [1]

[1] https://github.com/BrowserWorks/Waterfox

This made me look into Firefox forks/alternatives:

Librewolf [1] seems to be fairly active (last commit on Codeberg was last week) and up-to-date with the latest upstream releases (mirrors FF's versioning scheme and matches their latest). Has a nice focus on privacy and no-telemetry.

Floorp [2] also looks active (last commit last week), also claims focus on privacy. Based off FF's extended support releases so it may lag behind in latest features.

Waterfox [3] is also active (last commit a few hours ago), also big focus on privacy, but it uses a custom versioning scheme so I can't tell how closely it follows FF's releases.

GNU IceCat's [4] latest release was in November 02023, so it looks like it may be abandoned.

Does anyone have any experience with any of these, good or bad? With all of them more or less promising the same things it's hard to tell which one may be the better option.

1: https://librewolf.net/

2: https://floorp.app/en

3: https://www.waterfox.net/

4: https://icecatbrowser.org/