
Shockwave is created by an application, Director, this has been around for quite a number of years, and relatively it has been there much before than internet possessed its modern form.

The Major Differences b/w Adobe Flash and ShockwaveĪdobe Flash and Shockwave are two significantly different products of the same company, Adobe, working on same grounds. Still there is a lot of confusion between these two players, here, in this blog I will explain basic differences between them this will help you easily differentiate between the two. Both of these are supported by almost all the commonly used web browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Safari, Google Chrome or Internet Explorer. To make it really simplistic Adobe Flash player is used to play any video on your browser while Shockwave Player helps your browser to run an online game.

These two players have their own utility and they help to play different type of files on your web browser.
