Flash in Websites

[Ferdinand]

To download Youtube videos for example, I just (in Safari) go to Window -> Activity, to doubleclick the right link and download it.
BUT:
How do I download normal flash animations? If I double click those, a new window opens, with only that flash file in the window, nothing else. But I can't get it to download the flash animation.
So in the address bar I see something like this:

www.whatever.com/images/flash/menu.swf

Safari opens this file, but how do I download it? It's really simple, but I just can't remember...


EDIT: I found out how to download it, just now Flash Professional won't open it!

[Lt Major Burns]

alt+doubleclick downloads .swfs.

.swf's are not editable, they are only viewable, either in a browser, or in the standalone SAFlashplayer bundled with Flash

[eric2006]

Originally Posted by Ferdinand

EDIT: I found out how to download it, just now Flash Professional won't open it!

Drag the file to Firefox or Safari while holding Apple-Option. This will force the app to open it (Safari doesn't like to open .swfs by default)

[barhar]

'So in the address bar I see something like this: www. ... .swf ... Safari opens this file, but how do I download it? It's really simple, but I just can't remember...'

Select 'Safari's 'File, Save As...' ('Command S') menu item.

[Ferdinand]

Thanks a lot - how stupid am I?
I got it to open in SAFlashPlayer, which worked fine.

[Natobasso]

Actually there's an app named Gordon that will open swf files so you can edit them:

http://versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18774