Sigh. I have said so many times but for some reason it doesn't get passed around.

SM wanted one library for all their graphic apps, particularly Poser and Anime Studio. AS was written in Visual Basic and so the only "native" library for it would be in VB. Poser was written in C++ so the only native library would be in C++. So to share a library (which is, indeed, not easy to write) would require some sort of graphic-rich cross platform library with a language that works on every platform.

Flash fits that bill perfectly and was easy to embed into any application by embedding a browser.

Any solution not using a browser, common language, and common runtime would increase the cost of both applications considerably.

People hated the Flash, so they dumped it and switched to HTML 5. But HTML is notoriously difficult to write in.

I wrote the Flash + ActionScript + Flex version (for Poser 8) originally in just a few weeks, and the first update for Poser 9 in less than two weeks.

They've spent months and months on this HTML + Javacript version. Maybe more than a man year. It's really a pain in the ass.

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