teej, I appreciate your response and dispelling any absolutes that I may have inadvertently spoken in. However, I don't think I spoke in strict absolutes by saying things like "As far as I know" and "Is the text always selectable & copy and paste-able?". I concede you're right, about #4 and your correction reminded me that as recent as about two years ago I used ActionScript 3 (or was it 2?) with a free compiler, as well as Flex (and I sure as hell didn't pay for any Flex compiler). Anyways, I'm not attacking Flex or Flash, I think both tools solve certain problems well. I was just trying to point out some broad issues with it that you, yourself concede exist. Apologies for that coming across as absolutes. You clearly have far more experience than I in the Flash and Flex world so thanks for your feedback.