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Just a musing, but perhaps now is a good time for the resurgence of Flash or something like it. A lot of designers I know learned ActionScript because they need
by munchbunny 8y ago
Just a musing, but perhaps now is a good time for the resurgence of Flash or something like it. A lot of designers I know learned ActionScript because they needed to gradually up their Flash game.
There is a gradual path into programming, but right now we've built up our frameworks to be tools for devs, not for normal people. I see a lot of apps that dumb it down too much (templates), and not enough that successfully expose you to as much complexity as you want/need. That's not to say they're bad apps, just that there really isn't something on the spectrum halfway.
- sakri 8y agoFunny you should mention the F word... while reading "The Great Divide", I was thinking about the "Flash designer vs. Flash Developer" situation we had before the iPhone :)
- Novashi 8y agoThis is a tooling problem imo, and whatever tool that is should just output javascript that works on a canvas. There's no reason to cram another programming language like ActionScript into browsers by default. Anything that installs and runs like Flash/AS is going to raise security concerns though. Please let's not repeat all that bullshit.
- mywittyname 8y agoAgreed. I bet a "modern Flash" could probably compile down to JS and work natively.
- reboog711 8y agoLike Adobe Animate which is a rebranded Flash Pro that does exactly that?
- pjmlp 8y agoYou mean WebAssembly + WebGL? It is already done.