Macromedia's Shockwave

• The web standard for interactive multimedia.
• To view and use interactive content on the web.
• Used to make:
  • games
  • business presentations
  • entertainment
  • advertisements
  • and more
• Macromedia's list of reasons why Shockwave can enhance web sites... 'Why Use Shockwave?'
• Many examples of Shockwave are available in the Macromedia Shockwave Gallery.
• Another fun application of Shockwave...Broderbund Online Game Zone, including The Mudball Wall, an online demo of Broderbund's The Logical Journey of the Zoombinis children's game.

Macromedia's Flash

• Used for producing high-impact, resizable Web sites.
• It's a streaming medium.
• A cool Flash example site: Star Trek: Insurrection