# Flash question
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-question/3111
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 21, 2001, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-question/3111 "2001-07-21T01:30:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2001, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-question/3111/1 "2001-07-21T01:30:48Z")
whats a are big diffrences in flash 5 than flash 4?
I see some new effects like they disapear the cursor ,and import mp3.What are the big diffrences?
mush easier programming or just new cool effects.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2001, 3:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-question/3111/2 "2001-07-21T03:39:45Z")
The main difference is in the a/s.
In order to comply better with other Object Oriented Programs or OOPs, they’ve converted to a dot based adressing system.
so what was
…/mymovieclipone/mymoviecliptwo
is now
\_root.mymovieclipone.mymoviecliptwo
This doesn’t seem like much, but when you’re used to OOP it’s a lot easier to learn. Anyone will tell you that addressing is one of the biggest problems with Flash4.0
There is also a larger set of pen tools for manipulating lines. The white arrow and the pen tool are almost the exact same tools you would use in Illustrator, which is already a well established program for both web and print.
Exporting to Quicktime I think is new to Flash5.0, and you’ve already mentioned the MP3 import which is a great improvement. Other than that there are a few new a/s commands and a few which are being phased out, like Telltarget.
The bottem line is that they made Flash5.0 to be more like the other programs on market. At least, that’s how I see it.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2001, 4:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-question/3111/3 "2001-08-13T04:47:18Z")
all these to action scripts like a dot,it’s kinda hard becuase I used flash 4 for 6 mouths.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2001, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-question/3111/4 "2001-08-13T10:51:33Z")
There are other differences which I cannot explain. Things like an easier user interface, and more intuitive shape tweening… but there are hundreds of differences. Best bet is to download a free trial version of 5.0 and see for yourself.