What's the deal with ".swf" files?

[Sharky]

They never work on my Mac - all I get is an empty window.

And while you're here , why doesn't Flash work the day after you download it? It works fine for a while.

These issues have been bugging me since day one. (no pun intended)

 

[chcr]

swf + ShockWave File

I don't know why they don't play on your Mac, but my guess would be you either don't have the plug-in or that the file association is wrong. As for downloading flash, I don't have that problem in Winders.

 

[MrBishop]

They never work on my Mac - all I get is an empty window.

And while you're here , why doesn't Flash work the day after you download it? It works fine for a while.

These issues have been bugging me since day one. (no pun intended)

When you're creating Flash files..you can pick which systems that it'll play on. I'm guessing that either your system ain't got the right plug-in, or most of the programmers have forgotten all about MacOS, when converting their files.

 

[Sharky]

Aha . . . okay, I'll try to find and download the plug-in. Thanks, guys!