Styling was way easier, the code assist was more robust, you could see exactly what properties and methods were available for any object I created, without having to have another window open constantly reviewing the API reference. If I needed to add an event listener, for instance, I could just specify a function name and if it didn't exist already it would offer to set up some stub code for the new empty function. Since you were developing in an environment where the IDE and the API library were meant to go together, the design environment was much more transparent.
Writing this is sounds like my main complaint is not the way it functions for the end user. Maybe I need to search around again for a different IDE. I'm using Aptana because that's how ESRI laid it out in their getting started. Plus it looks somewhat like FLEX in the way the tools at the top are laid out, creating projects etc. I don't like Notepad ++ because what I'm needing is more of a design environment. I did recently get DreamWeaver, maybe I should try that again. I had an older version, but I never got any good at it.
As far as the HTML 5 comment - if we could ever get there, my life would be easier. Our default browser is IE 8. When you're working with an org that has tens of thousands of computers, any upgrade is an ordeal
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