[halpmeh]

Kind of late to the party here, but there is a major thing provided by Flash that's missing from today's web: the ability to get artists and hobbyists into creating interactive digital experiences. The current web sucks at that because it doesn't provide a seamless path to upgrade one's artistic talent the way Flash did for people who were already familiar with digital art tools.

[stuaxo]

Exactly, Flash's editors primary UI was a drawing program with an animation timeline, you can get started without knowing anything more - it was amazingly freeing.