# What software has replaced Flash for web animation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 18, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-software-has-replaced-flash-for-web-animation/707605 "2014-12-18T20:26:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-software-has-replaced-flash-for-web-animation/707605/1 "2014-12-18T20:26:43Z")
I will admit it: I loved Flash. I grasped the concept immediately, and I loved working with it. It seems like only a very short time ago that I used it for animations on web sites, and I was happy. What software has taken its place for that function? ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-software-has-replaced-flash-for-web-animation/707605/2 "2014-12-18T20:36:17Z")
Html5. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-software-has-replaced-flash-for-web-animation/707605/3 "2014-12-18T21:24:29Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > Html5. Html5 has only partially replaced it. See this comparison: > **[Comparison of HTML5 and Flash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_HTML5_and_Flash)** > > Modern HTML5 has feature-parity with the now-obsolete Adobe Flash. Both include features for playing audio and video within web pages. Flash was specifically built to integrate vector graphics and light games in a web page, features that HTML5 also supports. > Adobe no longer supports Flash Player after December 31, 2020 and blocked Flash content from running in Flash Player beginning January 12, 2021. > The HTML5 specification does not itself define ways to do animation and interactivity within ... ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-software-has-replaced-flash-for-web-animation/707605/4 "2014-12-18T22:18:05Z")
From the wiki article: > [@](#): > > Constructing Flash websites using Adobe tools is relatively easier than with integrated development environments for CSS, HTML, and JavaScript;[50] however, many of Adobe’s tools are expensive and proprietary software.[50] > > Tools for HTML5 are just starting to come to market; in the meantime, Adobe has released a first version of a Flash-to-HTML5 conversion tool for existing content[51] and are working on creating new tooling for HTML5 as well, like Adobe Edge.[52] > > Because HTML5 is an open format, tools like those for Flash can be built for it, too. Applications like Hype[53] and Adobe Edge are already on the market. Looks like Adobe Edge is the answer I was looking for: > [@](#): > > Adobe Edge is a suite of web development tools developed by Adobe Systems that enhances the capabilities of their other applications, such as Dreamweaver. The first application in the suite was released in August 2011 as a multimedia authoring tool designed to succeed the Flash platform.[ Thx.