Adobe Shockwave Player

Many web sites include interactive contents, like animations or games, which are created with Adobe Director. Playing them with standard tools is not possible, but you can install the necessary application in just a few seconds. With Adobe Shockwave Player, you will be able to play any animation or game on your web browser.

Essentially, Adobe Shockwave Player is a plug-in for various web browsers. It is available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris and it works with any plug-in based web browser. The setup package is roughly 7 MB, which should not take long to download with any modern-day Internet connection.

Installing Adobe Shockwave Player on your computer is sufficient, if you want to play interactive web contents. The procedure is straightforward and fast. You just need to run the setup file and wait until the wizard is done installing. Everything, including the destination path, is configured automatically, so you don't have to make any kind of settings along the way.

While installing the plug-in, the setup wizard will recommend installing Norton Security Scan as well. The application is free and it can warn you against viruses, malware and so on. When the installation process is complete, you must restart your web browser, after which you will be able to play animations or games that were created with Adobe Director.

The best part is that it takes less than a minute to install Adobe Shockwave Player. You won't notice anything different on your computer until you encounter interactive web contents. Right clicking anywhere on the animation or game will reveal a series of options for adjusting the volume, playing, pausing or restarting the media and selecting a rendering method. You may set Adobe Shockwave Player to use a software renderer, OpenGL or DirectX hardware or to obey the content's settings. Additional options can be found on a separate window, on which you can enable automatic updates, allow backward compatibility and tick an option that provides anonymous usage information.