Adobe Edge Animate, formerly known as simply Adobe Edge, is a web development tool developed by Adobe Systems that uses HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3 functionality. It is now part of the Adobe Edge suite, and is available as a free 30-day trial download from Adobe Creative Cloud. As of November 2015, Edge Animate is no longer being actively developed. Subsequently, all download links are redirected to Adobe Animate (formerly Adobe Flash Professional).
On August 1, 2011, Adobe has announced the development of a new multimedia authoring tool to succeed the Flash platform for browser-delivered content, and released a preview version of the software. Edge builds applications based on HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery and CSS3. These applications are compatible with HTML5-compatible browsers. On November 9, 2011, Adobe has announced that it will be able to develop a new version of HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3. Flash and Adobe will continue to support the development of native apps (on mobile platforms). HOWEVER,
The preview release of Adobe has been released to Adobe Labs in August 2011, and has been downloaded 50,000 times within 24 hours.
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