Shockwave Player Software Informer: version 10.3 information

	Shockwave Player 10.3	Versions	10.3 11.5 11.0 (full review) 10.3 (brief review) 10.2 (brief review) 10.1 (brief review)
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	Adobe Systems Incorporated
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Shockwave Player displays Web content that has been created by Adobe Director. This application allows users to access to some of the best the Web has to offer, including dazzling 3D games and entertainment, interactive product demonstrations, and online learning applications. Shockwave player is available for most modern browsers and the installation process couldn't possibly be any easier. Most of the browsers even install this program automatically when they find Shockwave content. Once installed, this application will play content right and left, fast and safely. With all the multimedia, interactive content that the Internet abounds with these days, there is really a big need to have a good player for it, and Shockwave plays it greatly.

Reviewed by: Silvana Mansilla

Reviewer rating: Editor's rating 5

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	David M. Dickerson(beginner) 2 months ago
	Use Adobe's Flash and Shockwave players at your own peril. I find no need for Shockwave Player if Flash Player is installed. I would uninstall Flash Player, but Flash is an insidious technology that is unavoidable, although its overuse and abuse (e.g., Flash-based advertisements and tracking "Web bugs" that do not leave traditional "cookies" on your system, but LSOs -- which you should make certain you are deleting on a daily basis...and the Better Privacy add-on for Firefox is an excellent way to automate the process -- and another reason to use Firefox if you insist upon using, or must use, Windows). You are free to ignore my advice, but I have no use for Shockwave Player -- and do not even recall installing it, which is frightening -- and I use FlashBlock with Firefox, and ToggleFlash with Internet Explorer when I am forced to use it or an application that is allowed to use DDE and launch a Web browser ignores my system default browser, Firefox, and launches Internet Explorer...which I suspect is the result of lazy developers writing sloppy code and using ActiveX controls -- disregarding security risks to users of their software -- because it's easier to write a hook to access an OCX file installed by Microsoft than to write original code and store needed resources in a DLL). As soon as the warranty on this notebook computer (a gift) expires, I will be able to stop using Windows (Vista) again -- which I'd been doing for three years, after deleting Windows XP Professional and running Linux only...until I got this notebook. Every platform has, and always will have security vulnerabilities and require healthy paranoia and common sense (because "security" is not software that you can install). We all, of course, have the freedom to use any platform/OS we choose and/or need, but the percentage of time I spend keeping software updated and doing all I can to secure Windows uses up time that I need to do work and try to be productive -- and the constant efforts are futile. Adobe's Acrobat Reader, Flash Player, and Shockwave Player constantly require security patches (which I do not recall being the case when Macromedia developed these products). Although there are freeware and free, open-source programs for Windows to view and even create PDF documents, Adobe has ensurced that Flash remains closed -- which, personally, I find very disturbing, because sometimes it seems almost impossible to find a Web site that does not use Flash (although Google Analytics and similar profiling technologies and the whole SEO industry are truly pervasive and none of us has any idea of the multiple, aggregate profiles about us). Software Informer is a valuable and free tool, although it does require user trust and voluntarily exposing the programs and versions one runs. Please do not underestimate the impoortance of keeping you software patched and updated. Many (most?) "updates" are bug fixes and security patches: Outdated software makes you more vulnerable to exploits. I am thankful for Software Informer, which I use in conjunction with Secunia PSI (Personal Software Inspector). I am removing Shockwave Player, because it is redundant if one has Flash installed (and does not use Shockwave content -- most of which seems to be games), and, IMHO, Shockwave Player is a security "backdoor" that wastes system resources and is of no, or minimal, benefit to most people if they have Flash Player installed. Of course, if you use Shockwave content and enjoy or need it, please know that I my decision to uninstall it is a personal one. I respect each person's freedom of choice and, in my opinion, for me -- or anyone -- to feel otherwise would make me a presumptuous [insert your derogatory term of choice here]! I do hope that people will accept my advice: Please take advantage of Software Informer's "Program Title and Version" feature and keep your software, add-ons, and drivers updated. Cordially, David

	Ravi Bhushan(fan) 4 months ago
	Without this U may Face The Problem OF opening Web Page. Small & Dude

	Guest #4448371(beginner) 4 months ago
	version 11.0 is last dor win2k.

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