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Microsoft Unveils New Design Studio

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the helping-coders-make-things-pretty dept.

shibashaba writes "NewsFactor is reporting that Microsoft has just released a new design studio consisting of the Acrylic Graphic Design, Sparkle Interactive Design and Quartz Web Designer Software. Supposedly the goal is not to compete head to head with the proposed Adobe/Macromedia merger but to turn developers into designers. According to Jupiter Research, The days when a designer worked alone have been traded in for an interactive world in which designers often work hand-in-hand with developers. "Microsoft is trying to address what it believes is a legitimate and longstanding problem in the design market."

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  1. What if by can56 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Microsoft created an equivalent tool for their OS devision? If a program can turn crappy art into a thing of beauty, can't the same thing be done to the code in Windows xxx itself?

  2. Re:Uh... by dedazo · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    am I missing something

    Yes, he seems to think software products like Exchange or Outlook are trivial. Personally I don't think so. But that's just me.

    All the applications you mentioned are clearly non-trivial...

    No shit, sherlock.

    whereas exchange/outlook seems to be nothing more than a few entries in a database...

    Are you fucking kidding me? Are you? Or are you just retarded? "a few entries in a database"? WTF?

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  3. Re:Yeah, right by Shaklee39 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    They're. I cannot even read the rest of your comment because of that error, think about that next time you write a rant.