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Wow is this some surprising news.  Flash CS4 may be moving from a binary source (aka FLA)  to a more open source format called XFL.  It sounds much like a jar file (zip) where everything is packaged into one file with a manifest or xml file that describes the content contained in the file like sounds, images, etc.  There are many, many welcome advantages to this approach.  One approach is that anyone could be able to create an swf through command line just like Flex.  Another advantage would possibly be in the editing of an image in Photoshop and not disturbing the time line or other embedded assets.  The community would be able to build better tools instead of relying on jsfl scripts.  I’m thinking serious Ant tasks here.  Anyway I am really liking this idea.  Awesome job Adobe!!