I'm sure Flash took many ideas for HyperCard, and HyperCard was definitely ahead of its time in many ways as well. The interesting thing is, the most comparabl

I'm sure Flash took many ideas for HyperCard, and HyperCard was definitely ahead of its time in many ways as well. The interesting thing is, the most comparable environment I can think of today to Flash is Scratch, as it is a drawing, animation and programming tool all in one. Of course, as the goals of Scratch mostly lean towards being a kids learn-to-program tool, all three parts are much, much, much simpler.