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Pretty cool idea, though it's advertised rather vaguely. It's basically an HTML5-based Flash alternative with an HTML5-based editor.

The menu bar disappeared after a few seconds and I couldn't get it back, I'm on fresh Chromium.

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Agreed, if the creator added something like "media creation suite" instead of "creation suite" it'd be a bit more clear.

Creator here!

Yup, I'm still trying to find the right wording for it; "media creation suite" is definitely more descriptive! Thx

"Media" is still too vague. I would be blunt and say "Flash-like content authoring tool for HTML5" or "HTML5 Interactive Animation Editor".

Not creator here. "Flash-like content authoring tool for HTML5" isn't catchy at all, that's like calling an iPod "Digital music playing device". Branding and marketing count.

Yeah - I'd call it "animation" instead of "flash".

Flash-like content authoring tool for HTML5 would be a good headline for the Hacker News post, but not for the product.

I think for a short name, "creation suite" is fine, but a short description on the page would be handy. The demo does help, certainly.

Looks interesting, anyway, I'll have to check it out to for playing with.

Well, first it's not a "suite" - it's just an app. In the industry we call it a Rich Media Editor. If "rich media" seems too old school, you can call it an HTML5 Media Toolkit.

Or Vector Based Animation tool

How about "Steady," har har, because it's not Flash.

The term “creator” as applied to authors implicitly compares them to a deity (“the creator”). The term is used by publishers to elevate authors' moral standing above that of ordinary people in order to justify giving them increased copyright power, which the publishers can then exercise in their name. We recommend saying “author” instead.

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.en.html#Creato...

The industry term is "creative", i.e. this app is for creatives. Author is generally applied for written material.

"2D animation software" and "multimedia authoring" are both pretty concrete terms. "Creator" suffers from vagueness more than anything.

Please, SpaceDingus9000, do not drink this Kool-Aid. Media Creation Suite is just fine here in the real world.

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