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    What is Adobe Shockwave Player for?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by BoldExtreme, Sep 12, 2011.

  1. BoldExtreme

    BoldExtreme Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have never come across a site that required me to have it.

    Do I need to install it? why or why not?
     
    BoldExtreme, Sep 12, 2011
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  2. newsposter

    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    It's for playing (ta-da!) shockwave animations. Those are few and far between these days but some sites still push them out.

    Lots of people deinstall it because they think it's so-called bloatware.

    Doesn't hurt anything to have it loaded. Approx 15 Mb on disk and nothing in the cpu until your browser comes across one of those old animations.
     
    newsposter, Sep 12, 2011
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  3. Aeyix

    Aeyix Notebook Evangelist

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    I remember back in the day, it was petty much for internet mini game websites. At least for what I ran into.
     
    Aeyix, Sep 13, 2011
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