SWF Player

1 How to use our extension

SWF Player



Welcome to SWF Player

Thank you for installing and using our extension

Features:

For nearly two decades, animation studios, indie game makers, teachers, and hobbyists all relied on Adobe Flash’s SWF format to deliver lively, vector-based experiences on the web. When official browser support ended in 2021, millions of cartoons, mini-games, interactive lessons, and corporate demos were left stranded—still perfectly intact, but inaccessible to modern users who no longer have a plug-in capable of rendering them. SWF File Player solves that problem with a lightweight, privacy-first browser extension that translates legacy SWF files to HTML5 Canvas on-the-fly.

Flash 6 shape and timeline support – Solid-fill and gradient vectors, static frame sequences, and classic frame-based motion tweens.

Global file support – Works on http, https, and file:// URLs so you can test both online archives and local backups.

Aspect-ratio fidelity – The Canvas inherits the original tag’s width and height attributes or standard 550 × 400 px defaults, ensuring page layout stays intact.

Overlay download button – A small unobtrusive icon in the corner lets viewers save the raw SWF to disk for long-term storage or deeper analysis.

Self-healing DOM observer – On single-page apps like older e-learning portals, SWF File Player re-scans for new embeds after AJAX navigation, so every component loads even if the page never fully reloads.

Who benefits most from SWF File Player?

Digital archivists & museum curators

Display preserved Flash art and games on public kiosks without maintaining insecure legacy browsers

Educators & instructional designers

Revive interactive quizzes, science simulations, or animated pronunciation drills that were built in Flash but never ported to HTML5.

Indie game developers & artists

Showcase early portfolio pieces or retro experiments on personal websites without resorting to video screen-captures that lose interactivity.

Corporate trainers & compliance officers

Continue using in-house SWF modules while budgeting time to migrate them—users can access lessons today, migration teams can work on their own schedule.

Researchers & students of web history

Study code structure, animation trends, and design patterns of the pre-WebGL era using a modern toolchain.

General nostalgia seekers

Replay childhood favourites—tower-defence classics, point-and-click adventures, or viral holiday e-cards—in two clicks.

Tutorial:

  1. Install the Extension
  2. After installing the extension, click on the icon on the toolbar.