Moving from Flash to Adobe Edge - concerns

Question

Lets Design makes flash banners for some of our clients (we also make flash games).
We'd like to shft toward html5 animated banners. As a business we do not wish to take a risk and jump to using Adobe Edge / HTML5 if it's deemed too risky. I would like to know if anyone has any reasons for us not to do this shift?
I would also like to know of this communities opinions on the following:
1. Their is a post on Adobe Edge examples. Inside this thread are a number of links to peoples examples. A vast majority point to 404 pages and to pages that take an age to load. Should this slow loading example pages be of concern to us and subsequently our clients?
2. What are the best graphic formats to use for Adobe Edge. I'd like to start using SVG, yet Adobe seems to have a lack of integration between software packages. Where do you create vector SVG and does it form part of a good workflow with Adobe Edge?
If not, what is the best method for Vector graphics, it seems Edge haas it's issues with dealing with vector?
3. Does it support sound yet?
4. What programming can go alongside the animations. Javascript?
How deep can you program the animations, can you make games?
5. If you were to recommend a rival software to Adobe Edge, what would be the best alternative?
Is it better?
6. If you could say 1 really bad thing about Adobe Edge, what would it be?
7. How steep is the learning curve for someone who animates in flash?
I welcome any answers and help you can give me, even just to answer 1 of the questions.
Thanks and best regards,
David
http://www.letsdesign.co.uk

Answer 1

Hi there,
  I'm not sure what page you are talking about that has 404 errors on the examples. The Edge Animate Showcase can be found in the link below which has examples of Edge Animate that all work and load perfectly fine for me:
http://html.adobe.com/edge/animate/showcase.html
  There's all different options for graphics/image formats for Edge Animate. Ultimately it's up to you and what you want to deliver for your audience, but the link below points to an article written to explain all of the different image types and what their pros/cons are, as well as talks about best practices for images in Edge Animate:
http://helpx.adobe.com/content/help/en/edge-animate/kb/best-practices-graphics-edge-animat e.html?promoid=KBHBC
  There is a way to add sound in Edge Animate, however it is all dependent upon the browser's support of audio. This thread below will point you in the right direction on code examples to add sound to your file:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/4736869
  The programming that Edge Animate supports is Javascript, CSS3, and HTML5. Many users have made games using Edge Animate, and you can find links to examples of these in the Edge Animate Showcase link that I posted above.
  At this time there really isn't anything quite like Edge Animate with it's tools and smooth integration into the rest of the Adobe Creative Suite. My suggestion to find rival software is to search on a search engine for HTML5 software.
  The learning curve for Edge Animate for Flash users is minimal. Coming from Flash myself, it only took a couple of days for me to pick up the interface and functionality of Edge Animate. Below is a link to the getting started tutorials on Edge Animate:
http://helpx.adobe.com/edge-animate/topics.html
I hope this helps! I know some of these answers are a little vague but my only suggestion is to try out Edge Animate for yourself and see if it's right for you. I know I fell in love with it as soon as I started using it. : )