[Gnash] Re: Fw: Linux.com: Swfdec Officially Adds Flash 7 Video Support (But Not 8 or 9)

[Deanna Phillips]

>> Has anyone got a comparison of gnash vs swfdec?  Do they both
>> do much the same thing?  Is one more feature-complete
>> (besides swf videos, that is)?
>
> Gnash has 3 GUIs, 3 alternative renderers, verbose
> SWF/ActionScript syntax checking, a flash movie execution
> debugger that hooks up to gdb... it's a lot more than a flash
> player, for better or worse.

Don't forget that Gnash also works like a charm on many, many
operating systems and hardware platforms.  swfdec is only for
GNU/Linux.