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Adobe donates JavaScript engine to Mozilla
Adobe will be generously donating some code that will allow JavaScript programs to run within Firefox. This new donation will form the Tamarin Project, a new initiative with developers from both Adobe, and Mozilla. The code in question is called the ActionScript Virtual Machine, and is used to run scripts inside the Adobe Flash Player 9. The new code integration is expected to be fully integrated into future Firefox versions, first released in the first half of 2008. This new donation is the largest donation to date for the open-source Mozilla Foundation. The new addition will drastically help the development of the Firefox browser, especially since HTML and Flash developer communities will both be on the team collaborating on a common language. The addition of the script engine is said to be extremely important to open source projects including both Firefox and the Thunderbird email application.
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Subscribe to commentstechturtleNov 7th 2006 10:17PM
Great, this is more good news for the Firefox browser, and the Mozilla foundation.
I'm guessing the new features will be just as cross platform as Firefox. This would be good news for people using alternative operating systems.
Bryan PriceNov 8th 2006 11:27AM
Uh, I believe that we are already running JavaScript in Firefox and have been doing so for quite some time.
r/JavaScript/ActionScript/g
There is a difference! :D
sloppy joeNov 8th 2006 5:52PM
Adobe is donating code to run ActionScript not JavaScript (which you can already run in gecko) ActionScript is used in flash. Both ActionScript and JavaScript are based on ECMAscript, but there is a difference between each language.
please get your facts straight
Peter KirnNov 10th 2006 12:31AM
Bryan is right. This is *ActionScript*, not JavaScript, and allows Mozilla to fully support the upcoming ECMAScript 4. More notes:
http://createdigitalmotion.com/2006/11/07/open-source-actionscript-adobe-and-mozilla-team-up/
What I'd still like is an open sourced SWF compiler with Adobe's blessing. This would help make their Flash/Flex platform even more ubiquitous, and I think ultimately aid sales of those commercial products.
But it's great to see Adobe embracing open source, and the Flash platform's synergy with open source is growing.
Chris GilmerNov 8th 2006 3:32PM
Just to clarify - Adobe's donation is software to RUN JavaScript programs in Firefox called the ActionScript Virtual Machine.
KingforceNov 22nd 2006 3:54AM
yes, i think so. action script, not java script. I can't understand what does this donating mean?