Just to add a little more background about the Flare file format. There was a plugin available for web browsers. It has not been updated in several years because the .swf format was promoted and adopted as part of the "Industry Standard".

Now some people question that standard and are promoting SVG.

It is a never ending cycle.

When or if SVG becomes the popular standard someone will design a 'new' format that will be championed until it either becomes the standard or dies trying.

Then it will begain again. Life is a circle