> 1) For 95% of applications you can just distribute a single SWF file
A single HTML file can hold HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
> 2) You have a robust authoring tool that is animation/graphics-first and newbie friendly
Hard to believe that there are literally no options that fit into that category for HTML5. An example of the next-best-thing would be helpful.
> 3) You can send a link to your mom and she can just play it w/ no issues
Same with HTML5. Send a link and no problems, unless she's one of the vanishing few still running IE6.
> 1) For 95% of applications you can just distribute a single SWF file
A single HTML file can hold HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
> 2) You have a robust authoring tool that is animation/graphics-first and newbie friendly
Hard to believe that there are literally no options that fit into that category for HTML5. An example of the next-best-thing would be helpful.
> 3) You can send a link to your mom and she can just play it w/ no issues
Same with HTML5. Send a link and no problems, unless she's one of the vanishing few still running IE6.