This week I had the chance to play around with the first preview release of Adobe Edge.  Edge allows web designers and developers to create web standards based animation without doing any coding whatsoever.   Reminiscent of the way in which Flash helped to open the world of web animation to designers from non-technical backgrounds, Edge stands poised to lower the barrier to entry into HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript animations.  In an environment that has seen Flash become somewhat of a pariah, embracing the open web is a logical way forward for Adobe.  While it’s still very early in development, Adobe has managed to do some impressive things with Edge, and releasing it this early demonstrates that they are serious about incorporating user feedback into future iterations.  Now, let’s get under the hood… (more…)