Geek Posted June 28, 2011 Posted June 28, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/swf.jpg" alt="SWF to HTML5" title="swf" width="200" height="200" class="alignright size-full wp-image-18023" /> Swiffy is a new experimental tool from Google that easily converts SWF Flash files to HTML5, making Flash-only content accessible to hardware like the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/iphone/">iPhone</a> and <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/ipad/">iPad</a> in just a few seconds. This should be a really useful utility for designers and it’s well worth a bookmark if you work with HTML5 and Flash content for the web or elsewhere.</p> <p>Google explains how Swiffy works:</p> <blockquote><p>A SWF file is converted in two phases: the Swiffy compiler (which you can use on this website) processes the SWF file and generates a JSON file. A client-side JavaScript runtime loads that JSON file and renders it using HTML, SVG and CSS.</p></blockquote> <p>Swiffy conversion works best if you export Flash animations as Flash 5 files, and the output currently only works in Webkit browsers (Safari and Chrome, for example). The results are fairly impressive and Google included a small gallery <a href="http://swiffy.googlelabs.com/gallery.html">showcasing a few examples</a> including a converted ad unit and two simple games. I’d be really interested to see how this performs with more complex SWF files, I’m sure we’ll find that out soon enough.</p> <p><a href="http://swiffy.googlelabs.com/">Check out Google Labs: Swiffy</a></p> <p>The release of Swiffy from Google is kind of interesting and shows that HTML5 really is the future of web animation, and regardless of Google’s reasons this is a welcome utility for Mac and Apple users. It’s no secret that Flash is a pretty miserable experience on the Mac, which is exactly why Steve Jobs gave a big ‘no’ to including it on the iPad and iPhone. It’s also why we generally recommend using things like ClickToFlash, <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/06/03/enable-click-to-play-plugins-flash-chrome/">Click-to-Play</a>, and to some extent even selectively using <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/10/ad-block-for-chrome-firefox-safari/">ad blockers</a>, it just makes for a better web experience on the Mac, at least until HTML5 has finally pushed Flash the way of the dinosaurs.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2nw7Fkp5PsPku2S28IDxp4U-DKY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2nw7Fkp5PsPku2S28IDxp4U-DKY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2nw7Fkp5PsPku2S28IDxp4U-DKY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2nw7Fkp5PsPku2S28IDxp4U-DKY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=2oT-SrA7gZg:-sOE910oQBQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=2oT-SrA7gZg:-sOE910oQBQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=2oT-SrA7gZg:-sOE910oQBQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=2oT-SrA7gZg:-sOE910oQBQ:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=2oT-SrA7gZg:-sOE910oQBQ:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=2oT-SrA7gZg:-sOE910oQBQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=2oT-SrA7gZg:-sOE910oQBQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/2oT-SrA7gZg" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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