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2008-05-10 Russ Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>
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Sixth alpha release of Gnash (0.8.3).
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Improvements since 0.8.2 release are:
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* Native fullscreen support (from AS) implemented.
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* Long command-line options properly supported.
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* View detailed movie information from GTK gui.
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* Added an option in Preferences to initially display a movie
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as a blank ("Click here to start") screen.
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* Added "dump" GUI to dump a movie to disk.
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* Improved Cairo rendering performance.
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* Fix support for OpenOffice Impress SWF exporter (malformed..)
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Less visible to users:
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* Garbage Collector usage reduced where appropriate.
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* Mouse.hide and Mouse.show implemented in GTK.
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* ActionScript inheritance fixes:
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o super implemented correctly (still not 100% compatible for SWF7)
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o implements / instanceof works correctly now
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* FsCommands quit, fullscreen and showMenu implemented.
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* FsCommand-to-javascript implemented (plugin).
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* Minor ActionScript compatibility fixes: String, XML, toLocaleString,
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int, parseInt. fromCharCode, toString (SWF4) etc.
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* Fixes to arguments class (tests: Function.as, line404~456).
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* Stage.scaleMode implemented (fixes resizing of various movies).
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* Stage.align implemented.
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* Fixes to Date class (platform consistent).
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* Logging uses boost::format.
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* Improved Win32 support: builds using MinGW/MSYS (cross-compile
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not tested yet), and initial implementation of npgnash.dll exists.
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* Sprite handling improved, fixing FlowPlayer and other video SWFs.
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o Fix in device font handling (DefineFontInfo tag)
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o Fix support for DefineFont2 tag (sizes)
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o Improve TextField support for TextFormat use.
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* Fix parsing of malformed XML files
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* Fix loading of text / XML with Byte Order Marks.
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* Minor fix to _x and _y translation.
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* More functions correctly registered as ASnative.
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* System.capabilities information expanded.
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* Jemalloc memory allocator from Mozilla added as an option.
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* Redesigned and implemented AMF0 support, with the beginning of
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* SWF8 line styles support (both from tag and drawing api)
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2008-02-21 Sandro Santilli <strk@keybit.net>
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Fifth alpha release of Gnash (0.8.2).
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Improvements since 0.8.1 release are:
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- Improved timeline redesign.
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- Action execution order fixes.
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- Keyboard handling improved [1].
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- New classes implemented: System.capabilities (partial),
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* Improved timeline redesign.
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* Action execution order fixes.
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* Keyboard handling improved [1].
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* New classes implemented: System.capabilities (partial),
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SharedObject, LocalConnection.
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- New opcodes implemented: ActionImplements, Try/Throw.
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- Movieclip.beginGradientFill completes drawing API support.
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- MovieClip._lockroot support added.
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- Implement GET/POST for MovieClip.loadVariables and
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* New opcodes implemented: ActionImplements, Try/Throw.
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* Movieclip.beginGradientFill completes drawing API support.
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* MovieClip._lockroot support added.
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* Implement GET/POST for MovieClip.loadVariables and
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MovieClip.loadMovie
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- Textfield support improved.
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- Security: configurable sandbox restricts filesystem access by movies.
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- Better support for SWF8.
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- Streaming OGG-contained multimedia (e.g. vorbis/theora or vorbis/dirac),
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* Textfield support improved.
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* Security: configurable sandbox restricts filesystem access by movies.
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* Better support for SWF8.
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* Streaming OGG-contained multimedia (e.g. vorbis/theora or vorbis/dirac),
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and other free formats.
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- OGL and Cairo renderers much improved.
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- Improvements of the Framebuffer GUI (hide text messages, support Linux
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* OGL and Cairo renderers much improved.
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* Improvements of the Framebuffer GUI (hide text messages, support Linux
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events system, built-in touchscreen calibration, simple keyboard support,
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better architecture support).
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- SOLdumper utility for reading SOL files ('flash cookies').
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- DumpShm utility finds and dumps Local Connection memory segments.
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- Fullscreen display possible.
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- Extensions for LIRC and DBus.
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- High quality, cross-platform psuedo-randomness using boost random.
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- NPAPI (Mozilla) plugin: keyboard events work, navigation and javascript
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* SOLdumper utility for reading SOL files ('flash cookies').
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* DumpShm utility finds and dumps Local Connection memory segments.
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* Fullscreen display possible.
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* Extensions for LIRC and DBus.
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* High quality, cross-platform psuedo-randomness using boost random.
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* NPAPI (Mozilla) plugin: keyboard events work, navigation and javascript
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from within movies.
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- Set and save preferences from the GUI (GTK).
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- Improved stability and robustness with malformed SWFs.
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- Many other bugfixes.
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* Set and save preferences from the GUI (GTK).
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* Improved stability and robustness with malformed SWFs.
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* Many other bugfixes.
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2007-08-29 Sandro Santilli <strk@keybit.net>
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Fourth alpha release of Gnash (0.8.1).
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Improvements since 0.8.0 release are:
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- Support for device fonts
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- Support for dynamic text fields
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- Support for FFMPEG SVN
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- Support for on-demand install of needed Gstreamer codec plugins.
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- Debugger off by default (improves performance and memory use)
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- AGG renderer by default
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- Support for KDE/AGG combination
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- Layout change : we'll now build <gui>-gnash and 'gnash' is a shell
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script with gui selection capabilities (-G)
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- Better support for flash player detection
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- Fix for 'debugLog' directive in gnashrc
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* Support for device fonts
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* Support for dynamic text fields
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* Support for FFMPEG SVN
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* Support for on-demand install of needed Gstreamer codec plugins.
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* Debugger off by default (improves performance and memory use)
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* AGG renderer by default
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* Support for KDE/AGG combination
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* Layout change : we'll now build <gui>-gnash and 'gnash' is a shell
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script with gui selection capabilities (-G)
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* Better support for flash player detection
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* Fix for 'debugLog' directive in gnashrc
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07-06-XX Rob Savoye <rob@darkstar.welcomehome.org>
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2007-06-01 Rob Savoye <rob@welcomehome.org>
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The third alpha release of Gnash. Improvements since the 0.7.2 release
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* Streaming video works with YouTube and Lulu.tv! This has been the
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focus for the majority of the time since the last release.
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* Many core improvments in the VM as our understanding of Flash
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improves. These all improve both the correctness of a movie that is
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being played, but enebles more movies to play that used to not work.
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* Simple Flash debugger added.
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* Improved Darwin support that can use the system OpenGL.
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* Flash extensions, direct support for file handling, MySQL access,
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etc.. through plugins to the Gnash VM. Wrappers for any C/C++ API
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libraries can be exported into ActionScript, and used as native
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commands in a Flash movie.
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* Many new testcases! Support for testing with ming, swfmill, amd
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* New drawing API for MovieClips..
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2006-09-10 Rob Savoye <rob@bertha.welcomehome.org>
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* Streaming video works with YouTube and Lulu.tv! This has been the
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focus for the majority of the time since the last release.
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* Many core improvments in the VM as our understanding of Flash
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improves. These all improve both the correctness of a movie that is
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being played, but enables more movies to play that used to not work.
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* Simple Flash debugger added.
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* Improved Darwin support that can use the system OpenGL.
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* Flash extensions, direct support for file handling, MySQL access,
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etc.. through plugins to the Gnash VM. Wrappers for any C/C++ API
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libraries can be exported into ActionScript, and used as native
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commands in a Flash movie.
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* Many new testcases! Support for testing with ming, swfmill, amd
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* New drawing API for MovieClips..
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2006-09-10 Rob Savoye <rob@welcomehome.org>
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The second alpha release of Gnash is coming soon. Improvements since
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the 0.7.1 alpha release are:
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* Polling main loop replaced with event driven framework.
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* New GUI abstraction layer supporting GTK2, KDE, SDL, and just a
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* Movies are parsed by a background thread, so they start playing
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* Plugin supports web navigation and starts playing while the stream
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* New AntiGrain (AGG) 2D backend added for framebuffer devices.
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* Supports cross configuration and cross compiling for embedded targets.
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* A whole slew of minor bugs that kept various movies from playing.
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2006-04-20 Rob Savoye <rob@bertha.welcomehome.org>
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The first alpha release of Gnash! Version 0.7.1 is released with a
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working browser plugin.
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* Polling main loop replaced with event driven framework.
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* New GUI abstraction layer supporting GTK2, KDE, SDL, and just a
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* Movies are parsed by a background thread, so they start playing
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* Plugin supports web navigation and starts playing while the stream
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* New AntiGrain (AGG) 2D backend added for framebuffer devices.
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* Supports cross configuration and cross compiling for embedded targets.
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* A whole slew of minor bugs that kept various movies from playing.
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2006-04-20 Rob Savoye <rob@welcomehome.org>
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* The first alpha release of Gnash! Version 0.7.1 is released with a
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working browser plugin.
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2005-12-10 Rob Savoye <rob@bertha.welcomehome.org>
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GameSWF has been turned into Gnash! Gnash's goals are to turn this
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into a free flash movie player plugin for Firefox.
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* GameSWF has been turned into Gnash! Gnash's goals are to turn this
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into a free flash movie player plugin for Firefox.
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