Great to see that the original FutureSplash authors are doing well. Flash is a great example of how far software can diverge from its original audience and goals.
Regardless of Flash's future on the web, it is still excellent for animation and Adobe seems to be refocusing back on this market, which is much closer to Adobe's core competency. My most fond memories of Flash are back in the v3 and v4 days (you could barely write loops in Actionscript) but it was so much fun drawing and animating with a tablet and making cartoons. Then MXML and RIA's came along and we all know what happened next.
Regardless of Flash's future on the web, it is still excellent for animation and Adobe seems to be refocusing back on this market, which is much closer to Adobe's core competency. My most fond memories of Flash are back in the v3 and v4 days (you could barely write loops in Actionscript) but it was so much fun drawing and animating with a tablet and making cartoons. Then MXML and RIA's came along and we all know what happened next.