Macromedia’s vector-based animation format, originally one of the most popular formats on the Web. With the addition of ActionScript, it became a tremendously powerful development platform and died quickly at the hands of HTML5, JavaScript and the iPhone (in no particular order).
No Flash Audio in Safari?
- Open and quit Audio MIDI Setup or GarageBand. Yes, 10.4.8 still has this. Go figure.
 
Resources
Sites
- SWFTOOLS
 - Open Source Flash - a SF-like site for Flash projects and docs.
 
Linux/generic UNIX
- QFlash, a Linux authoring environment (apparently Qt-based)
 - swfmill - Flash generation from a simple XML dialect.
 - Open Source Flash - a community site listing several Flash projects.
 
Unsorted
- gordon, a JavaScript renderer.
 - Flaex, one of the many decompilers available.
 - flashticle, a Python/MochiKit-oriented library.
 - pyswf, another Python library.
 - Motion-Twin compiler
 - Flare decompiler
 - FlashCast, screen captures to Flash
 - swftools - several converters
 - Moho, a commercial (but cheap) 2D animation environment
 
Cross-Platform
- Ming - an Open Source generator for PHP and other languages (seems stalled)
 - The Flash XML FAQ
 - sIFR, a DHTML and Flash replacement for headline fonts.
 
Screensavers
- InstantStorm, for generating Windows screensavers from .swf files.
 
Controllers
- FlowPlayer - Video, free.
 - Wimpy AV Player - playlist, commercial
 - Wordpress Audio Player - audio, donationware.
 - Flash Video Player - free for non-commercial use.
 - Movie Controller component
 - Another controller based on Ming