Smokescreen is a new open source Javascript and HTML5 library that enables Flash SWF files to run without the Flash plugin. This opens up the possibility of enabling backwards compatibility for Flash ads and animations on the iPhone and iPad where a plugin is not available. Of course any non-native approach will run more slowly and it seems video will still need to be native HTML5 but it does make things interesting as Flash legacy code can now be run in the new HTML5 space without a Flash browser plug-in.

Tags: flash, html5

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