NOT ON THE LIST IN 2026
Adobe Flash became known as Animate in February 2016. It is a web development tool to create animation using HTML5.
Website: adobe.com/products/animate.html
Ranking in the surveys
Animate’s highest ranking was 38= in 2008 and 2009 when it was known as Flash
| 2026: – | 2025: – | 2024: – | 2023: – | 2022: – | 2021: – | 2020: – | 2019: – | 2018: – | 2017: – |
| 2016: 127 | 2015: – | 2014: – | 2013: – | 2012: – | 2011: – | 2010: 81= | 2009: 38= | 2008: 38= | 2007: 43= |
Comments on Adobe Animate
“Easily create amazing soft-skills courses with vector animations that can be converted to HTML5 or to Video.” Kyle G Main, e-learning developer, USA, 2016
Comments on Abobe Flash
“Adobe Flash Professional CS5 used to create all quizzes in the “fun” Play segment of our sales skills tool” Lesley Willis, 2014
“In my opinion is a synonym for e-Learning development today. The most appealing and interactive online courses gotta be developed in Flash” Henrique Rabello, 2011
“The best tool to create interactive content. Initial learning curve is steep but it is worth the effort to get to grips with.” Karl Goddard
“Not easy to get to grips with but a great tool for creating interactive and engaging learning. Increasingly you can find base code for the animations you want and build a library of reusable code to make things much faster. Developments with xml and better accessibility means Flash will increasingly be a tool of choice for more many creative elearning developers.” Steve Rayson, 2011
“I love this tool because it’s flexible. Yeah, it’s not easy to learn but once you learn action script, you never want to go back to restrictive “template” type tools. It makes interactive, non-linear eLearning cool.” Janice Petosky, 2011
