“Flash is at the risk of being dethroned by the all new emerging HTML5 revolution!”
Well, something similar to the statement above is what I have been reading a lot lately. And this probably has to do with Adobe’s latest offering for web animations – Adobe Edge. I finally got it installed after a few hiccups and this is my initial impression after trying out a couple of amateur animations.
- The Adobe Edge UI gives you a nice wide canvas to create animations. The interface has a stage, a timeline, a tool panel and a properties panel. Edge is great because it eases the production of animated web content which can be deployed and supported easily on multiple devices and platforms (iOS too!)
- Adobe Edge is still in Preview, which means the team is expecting people to test it and provide feedback.
- Adobe Edge is probably similar to what Macromedia Flash 3 was – an animation tool still in its early phase.
- Edge does not provide any means to edit the HTML file from within the GUI, however you can generate an HTML file and edit it in another software such as Adobe Dreamweaver.
- There are very limited tools to use (only 4!) with an option to import image resources. An option to support the new HTML5 media elements such as video can be a great added feature!
- The timeline can get a little different to work with initially, especially if you are comfortable working with Flash Professional.
Adobe Edge will definitely get interesting to work with as it matures. As for Flash, I don’t see it going anywhere soon!
Mariam
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