I disagree. Flash might have some optimization on AVM, and some audio processing dark magic using tools like HaXe. Flash is like GDI+ or Cairo for the Web. And

I disagree. Flash might have some optimization on AVM, and some audio processing dark magic using tools like HaXe. Flash is like GDI+ or Cairo for the Web. And it may extend to many other capabilities such as webcam, microphone, Argumented Reality, etc. And RIA should get a nice authoring tool like Adobe Flash IDE or Flex. Flash is not just graphics