Web content browsability
Flash Lite 3.0 supports the playback of most Flash 8 content on mobile devices with some loss of fidelity. Because of the high processor and memory requirements necessary to support features found in the Flash 8 Expressiveness feature set, many of these features are not supported in Flash Lite 3.0. These expressiveness features include bitmap caching, blend modes, bitmap filters, enhanced strokes, enhanced gradients, and 9-slice scaling. Whenever Flash Lite encounters any of these features in a SWF file, it renders these objects without the added expressiveness to maintain a usable mobile experience.
The following table describes the Flash 8 content and features that are supported, partially supported, or not supported.
|
Capability |
Support |
Details |
|---|---|---|
|
Flash 8 basic HTML tags |
Yes |
The Flash Lite player can now recognize and play back most Flash 8 content, with some loss of fidelity. |
|
Security enhancements |
Yes |
Flash Lite's security model is now consistent with the desktop player's security model. See Local file security for details. |
|
Flash Video |
Yes |
The Flash Lite player now supports Flash Video (FLV) using versions of the On2 and Sorenson codecs optimized for mobile devices. Also supports RTMP client implementation (one-way, not two-way real-time). See Enhanced video capability for details. |
|
HTML Base tag |
Yes |
Allows Flash Lite to behave in a manner similar to the Flash Player on the desktop. |
|
FlashType text |
Partially supported |
Complete support is not critical to displaying content. Text is rendered, but without full FlashType implementation. |
|
Bitmap caching, effects and enhancements |
No |
Not implemented because most require floating-point support or make excessive demands on processor or memory resources. |
|
Focal gradients |
No |
Not implemented because they are processor-intensive and not critical to displaying content. |