Adobe Edge Animate

{{Short description|Software tool}}

{{Distinguish|Adobe Animate}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Adobe Edge Animate

| logo = Adobe_Edge_Animate_v1.0_icon.png

| logo_size = 64px

| logo_alt = Adobe Edge Animate logo

| developer = Adobe

| latest release version = 2.0.3

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2014|06|18|df=yes}}

| latest preview version =

| latest preview date =

| programming language = C++

| operating system = Microsoft Windows and limited compatibility on Mac OS X

| discontinued = yes

| website = {{URL|https://www.adobe.com/products/edge-animate.html}}

}}

Adobe Edge Animate, formerly known as just Adobe Edge,{{cite web |url=http://blogs.adobe.com/edge/2012/08/20/edge-animate-preview-7-is-now-available/ |title=Adobe Edge Animate Preview 7 is now available! |accessdate=2012-10-08 |archive-date=2013-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203040110/http://blogs.adobe.com/edge/2012/08/20/edge-animate-preview-7-is-now-available/ |url-status=dead }} is a web development tool developed by Adobe Systems that uses HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3 functionality. It later became part of the Adobe Edge suite, and was available as a free 30-day trial download from Adobe Creative Cloud.{{cite web|url=http://forums.adobe.com/message/5823430|title=Edge Animate CC is not free for beta users|accessdate=2013-11-26}}{{cite web|url=http://html.adobe.com/edge/animate/|title=Adobe Edge Animate CC|accessdate=2013-11-26}} As of November 2015, Edge Animate is no longer being actively developed.{{cite web|url=https://www.adobe.com/products/edge-animate.html|title=Adobe Edge Animate CC |publisher=Adobe.com}}

Description

On August 1, 2011, Adobe announced the development of Edge as a new multimedia authoring tool to succeed the Flash platform for browser-delivered content, and released a preview version of the software, which was downloaded 50,000 times within 24 hours.{{cite web|title=Adobe Edge Hits 50,000 downloads in first 24 hours|url=http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2011/08/adobe-edge-hits-50000-downloads-in-first-24-hours.html|accessdate=2011-08-07}}

Edge builds applications based on a foundation of HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery and CSS3. These applications are compatible with HTML5-compatible browsers.

On November 9, 2011, Adobe announced that it would no longer develop Flash for mobile browsers and was planning on developing new products with more open technologies and standards like HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3. Flash and Adobe AIR would continue to support development of native apps (which do not run in a browser) on mobile platforms.{{cite web|author=Tom Loftus|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/11/09/tech-today-adobe-to-drop-mobile-flash-750-jobs/|title=Tech Today: Adobe to Drop Mobile Flash, 750 Jobs |publisher=WSJ |date=2011-11-09 |accessdate=2011-10-16}}

In November 2015, Adobe announced that Edge Animate and the rest of the Edge suite was no longer being actively developed.{{Cite web|title=Edge family of products {{!}} End of development|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/edge-animate/edge-development-faq.html|access-date=2020-11-03|website=helpx.adobe.com}} Instead, their core capabilities would be brought to other apps in their catalog like Adobe Animate, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe XD and Adobe Photoshop.{{Cite web|title=Edge family of products {{!}} End of development|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/edge-animate/edge-development-faq.html|access-date=|website=Adobe}}

See also

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