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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. I'm disrespectful to dirt! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can you see I am serious!

    Get out of my way, all of you!

    This is no place for loafers.

    Join me or die.

    Can you do any less?

    For lucky best wash, use Mr. Sparkle.

  2. Oh, great. by tomhudson · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I'm gonna need SparkleBlock as well as FlashBlock. More browser plugin bloat.

    1. Re:Oh, great. by red_dragon · · Score: 5, Funny

      You know, I'm beginning to doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.

      --
      In Soviet Russia, Jesus asks: "What Would You Do?"
  3. I'm disrespectful to dirt! by MiKM · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mr. Sparkle: A joint venture of Matsumura Fishworks and Tamaribuchi Heavy Manufacturing Concern

  4. Product Demonstration by Frogbert · · Score: 5, Funny

    Product Demonstration here

  5. Re:XAML? by killjoe · · Score: 4, Funny

    "XAML" Microsoft for "XUL".

    Instead of taking an open spec like XUl and joining it, bettering it, and implementing it they chose to go their own way. Nothing to see here, runalong now and leave the evil people to their own devices.

    --
    evil is as evil does
  6. Re:How can you vouche for the security of this? by NanoGator · · Score: 5, Funny

    "historical performance is a reasonable basis for prediction."

    Ah, this is an interesting rule. Well, in that case, I'd like to point out that next year will not be the year for Linux on the desktop.

    --
    "Derp de derp."