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Flash, Meet Sparkle

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the anything-you-can-do dept.

Robert writes "Microsoft finally released more information about their Sparkle product on a Channel 9 MSDN video. Sparkle is vector based XAML system for doing applications that may have traditionaly been done in flash. Ars Technica's Josh Meier has a few things to say about it, too."

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  1. Did anybody else notice.... by mwilli · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    In the demo video on the Microsoft Expressions webpage, they mention that the Expression Web Designer "Is a professional design tool to create sophistocated, standards based, websites." Does anybody else see the irony of this? Microsoft doesn't even follow web standards for Internet Explorer!

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  2. Re:How can you vouche for the security of this? by rsidd · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    They have to be kicked and dragged into continuing to provide security fixes for NT, claiming "sorry, its 5 years old - we don't support it any more". Would you take that from any other manufacturer of any other product?

    With Linux, you're lucky if you get security fixes after 6 months. (No, upgrading to a new version doesn't count.)

  3. wonderful by idlake · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    All the proprietariness of Flash with all the inefficiencies of XML. What more could you ask for?

    I think these are last-gasp battles; if the time is right for something like XAML, then SVG will take over.

  4. OK. Who makes anything better ? by obarthelemy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Apple, on proprietary and expensive and underpowered hardware with few peripherals and software ?

    Linux, which I have failed for 2 years to get running on any of my PCs ( 6 tries total, giving up after 10 hours max)

    MS deserves some of the blame, especially on security, but ease of use and features are quite a step ahead on MS vs everything else. Well, except IE ;-)

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