> but it was replaced with.. nothing. and there is still a gap in that market for novice creators that all the webgl/html5/toolkit-of-the-week has yet to cater

> but it was replaced with.. nothing. and there is still a gap in that market for novice creators that all the webgl/html5/toolkit-of-the-week has yet to cater towards. The reason Flash (and Director before it) was so popular is that it had a very low barrier to entry for creatives. I still miss Director because of how easy it was to quickly create cross platform apps that could do just about anything.