> we've abandoned Flash, but never gave up the idea I'd argue that's a very good thing. Obviously lots of people disliked the Flash player for various reasons,

> we've abandoned Flash, but never gave up the idea I'd argue that's a very good thing. Obviously lots of people disliked the Flash player for various reasons, but the Flash authoring tool was terrific. Specifically, the features/metaphors it comprised are IMHO precisely the recipe for a powerful design tool: * Composable hierarchy of objects that can contain other objects * Each object has states (keyframes) and state transitions * Each object is an instance of a class, and editing the class affects all instances * Code can be attached to each object / state / state transition Presumably this formula didn't originate with Flash but it's where I first encountered it, and I think it probably ought to be the skeleton of any design tool for interactive content.