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Wouldn't the correct name now be Adobe Shockwave? Monkeypillow 01:26, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Hm. Where are those statistics from? Shockwave on 50 percent of ALL browsers? --81.225.27.246 23:52, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

I believe Macromedia publishes these numbers as well. If memory serves, they claim 60%. Jbetak 09:fuck off

[edit] Linux Support for Plugin

The bullet point under Additional Information that discusses demand for a Linux plugin for Shockwave. Here is some evidence: http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?linuxswp ZeroVerse

update: I am using 'Shockwave Flash 7.0 r63' under linux.

Does anything important actually use this format? I'm not aware of missing anything. If the format is actually important and useful, then a proper Open Source viewer could be written. AlbertCahalan 17:41, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] the name

As of 06:20, 21 August 2006 (UTC) it is still Macromedia Shockwave [1]. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 06:20, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

The Adobe website now makes mention of Adobe Shockwave and I have now moved the page accordingly --Colonel Cow 22:37, 27 September 2006 (UTC)