Across the room, her actual desk lamp shifted two inches to the left. No one touched it. The shadow stretched like a shape tween gone wrong.

By mid-2011, Adobe Flash Professional occupied a schizophrenic position in the tech ecosystem. On one hand, it was the undisputed king of internet animation (YouTube, Newgrounds, Homestar Runner). On the other, Steve Jobs’ "Thoughts on Flash" (2010) had declared it obsolete. Into this tension arrived version CS5.5.

Another major addition was the "Convert to Resize" feature. As screen resolutions began to fragment across smartphones, tablets, and desktops, CS5.5 allowed creators to automatically scale their stages and assets. This saved countless hours of manual redesign, making responsive design (in a Flash context) a reality.