What Is Google Swiffy

November 27, 2022 · 1 min · 115 words · Betty Popp

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What Does Google Swiffy Mean?

Google Swiffy is a software tool released by Google Labs in June 2011. Swiffy is used to convert an Adobe Flash/Flex project into HTML5.

Google Swiffy allows a developer to convert a Flash animation into a browser viewable format, eliminating the need for a Flash player plug-in.

Techopedia Explains Google Swiffy

The Swiffy compiler reads the input SWF file and generates a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) file.
The JS client runtime uses the JSON file to generate HTML5, CSS3 and SVG files.
Swiffy output only ran on browsers that supported SVG.
Swiffy output was not easily editable by developers.
Swiffy only supported ActionScript 2.0 conversion, although ActionScript 3.0 was available.