Macromedia Central was a runtime environment developed by Macromedia (now just Adobe since being acquired) for developing

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that runs on different

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and are distributed over the

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. It is an extension of the

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, and shares some similarities with the Java Runtime Environment, although it has a much smaller memory footprint and is more suited for

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. Macromedia Central's newest version is currently 1.5, released in September 2004. With the release of

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beta, Central became obsolete and is no longer available for download. However, the SWF file that allows Central installation is availabl
here

Easter egg

A hidden '' Homestar Runner'' cartoon could be found in Macromedia Central by opening the "About Macromedia Central" dialog box, holding down Ctrl (or command on Macintoshes) and double-clicking on the logo. This brings up a password entry box. Enter " sbemail" as the password, and the cartoon will play in the dialog box. For more information, see the Homestar Runner Wiki's article on the cartoon.

References

External links

Adobe.com - Macromedia Central

Macromedia Central Shire
- gathers some documentation about Central and mak
Digital Products
Via

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tools
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Adobe Inc.

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