# My Netscape 7 doesn"t know what a .SWF page is. Please help!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-netscape-7-doesn-t-know-what-a-swf-page-is-please-help/252422>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 27, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-netscape-7-doesn-t-know-what-a-swf-page-is-please-help/252422 "2004-06-27T18:33:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-netscape-7-doesn-t-know-what-a-swf-page-is-please-help/252422/1 "2004-06-27T18:33:35Z")

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All web pages with this suffix yield nothing after long (dialup) data transfers. I presume I need a driver of some kind? But I couldn’t find anything on Netscape’s site. Can someone direct me to a fix?

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-netscape-7-doesn-t-know-what-a-swf-page-is-please-help/252422/2 "2004-06-27T18:40:44Z")

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[Download the appropriate Flash player.](http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/alternates/)