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I tried the latest version of Edge/Animate today, but I'm still wondering what it's main use would be for, and who it is targeted at

In Edge, if I animate a square moving from its original position, to 50px to the right, that right there is 200kb with its default libraries being included

I can do that in CSS3 in less than 1kb, and in jQuery in 92kb

If people are proficient enough with jQuery/CSS3 animation, is there a reason they should ever consider using this product, or is it strictly for people who need a WYSIWYG editor?

I can't find a single example of where Edge does something more efficiently

Please let me know if I've posted this in the wrong spot

Thanks

Charles
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    This is not a good stackoverflow question. But it's a replacement to flash. You're not going to hand code an entire cartoon episode with css3 and jquery. you're going to use this new tool to use it. it's a very, very smart business decision by adobe. – Andy Ray Oct 16 '12 at 04:44
  • So the practical use of this would be for cartoons? What about in regards to every day web design/development? It still doesn't do a lot of things Flash does either, especially in regard to complex timed loops and vector graphics. – Phill Oct 16 '12 at 04:47
  • Think of all the terrible things flash was used for. Cartoons, maybe games, who knows. I'm sure the first version of flash didn't do a lot of those things either. – Andy Ray Oct 16 '12 at 04:49
  • I'm sure Flash (or FutureSplash) wasn't designed to replace anything of the sort back then. And it did by the way, for the most part. – Phill Oct 16 '12 at 10:36

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