Passage: In November 1996, FutureSplash was acquired by Macromedia, and Macromedia re-branded and released FutureSplash Animator as Macromedia Flash 1.0. Flash was a two-part system, a graphics and animation editor known as Macromedia Flash, and a player known as Macromedia Flash Player. FutureSplash Animator was an animation tool originally developed for pen-based computing devices. Due to the small size of the FutureSplash Viewer, it was particularly suited for download on the Web. Macromedia distributed Flash Player as a free browser plugin in order to quickly gain market share. By 2005, more computers worldwide had Flash Player installed than any other Web media format, including Java, QuickTime, RealNetworks and Windows Media Player. Macromedia upgraded the Flash system between 1996 and 1999 adding MovieClips, Actions , Alpha transparency, and other features. As Flash matured, Macromedia's focus shifted from marketing it as a graphics and media tool to promoting it as a Web application platform, adding scripting and data access capabilities to the player while attempting to retain its small footprint. In 2000, the first major version of ActionScript was developed, and released with Flash 5. Actionscript 2.0 was released with Flash MX 2004 and supported object-oriented programming, improved UI components and other programming features. The last version of Flash released by Macromedia was Flash 8, which focused on graphical upgrades such as filters , blend modes , and advanced features for FLV video.
After being releases as Macromedia Flash 1.0, how many years did it take for more computers to have Flash than any other media format? How many main competitors are there in the web media format category? How many versions of Flash did Macromedia release before 2003? How many versions of Flash have been released sin 1996? How many web media formats did Macromedia Flash players beat for market share in 2005? How many years after Flash 5 was released did Actionscript 2.0 get released? How many years after it acquired FutureSplash did Macromedia develop Actionscript? How many years did Macromedia upgrade the Flash system? How many years did Macromedia upgraded the Flash system for? How many years did it take after it was released for Flash to become the most installed media format.? How many years passed between the first and second version of Actionscript? In 2005, which of the following players, Windows Media Player, Flash Player, or Java, was installed on more computers? What happened later, FutureSplash was acquired by Macromedia or more computers worldwide had Flash Player installed? What was the focus of Flash 8? What were the components needed to make Flash work? Which happened to Flash first, Scripting was added or Actions were added?