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		tolmasky on June 28, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Swiffy: convert SWF files to HTML5 How does this compare to Gordon? https://github.com/tobeytailor/gordon/wiki

EvilRyry on June 28, 2011 [–]

Both are ways to play flash content without flash but the approaches are quite different.

Gordon is a Flash runtime written in Javascript, allowing the browser to play SWFs.

Swiffy is a tool separate from the browser that converts SWFs into a form usable by browsers (SVG and JS).

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