Editing Rich Internet Application (section)

===Adobe Flash===
{{Main article|Adobe Flash}}

Adobe Flash manipulated [[vector graphics|vector]] and [[raster graphics]] to provide animation of text, drawings, and still images. It supported bidirectional [[Streaming media|streaming]] of audio and video, and it could capture user input via mouse, keyboard, microphone, and camera. Flash contained an [[object-oriented language]] called [[ActionScript]] and supported automation via the JavaScript Flash language (JSFL). Flash content could be displayed on various computer systems and [[information appliance|devices]], using [[Adobe Flash Player]], which was available free of charge for common web browsers, some [[mobile phone]]s and a few other [[electronic device]]s (using [[Flash Lite]]).<ref>{{Cite book |last1=McCune |first1=Doug |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lazbXwrxrasC |title=Adobe Flex 3.0 For Dummies |last2=Subramaniam |first2=Deepa |date=2009-02-23 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-470-43682-0 |language=en}}</ref>

[[Apache Flex]], formerly Adobe Flex, is a [[software development kit]] (SDK) for the development and deployment of cross-platform RIAs based on the [[Adobe Flash]] platform. Initially developed by [[Macromedia]] and then acquired by [[Adobe Systems]], Flex was donated by Adobe to the [[Apache Software Foundation]] in 2011.

Adobe deprecated Flash in 2017, and the Adobe Flash Player was discontinued in most markets by early 2021.