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Microsoft's Sparkle a Flash Killer?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the preying-on-mixed-opinions-about-flash dept.

Charmless1 writes to tell us eWeek is reporting that Microsoft has release new previews of their upcoming developer tools. Some have even dubbed these new tools as "Flash killers". From the article: "Microsoft's Expression Suite consists of the Expression Graphic Designer, Expression Interactive Designer and the Expression Web Designer. Microsoft has yet to release a CTP for the Web Designer, also known by its codename Quartz." Slashdot also covered some of the pre-release sentiments back in September.

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  1. ZOMG FIRST by Dragon+of+the+Pants · · Score: 5, Funny

    The only kind of flash killer I need is the kind that keps those damn annoying ads out of my face.

    1. Re:ZOMG FIRST by fiannaFailMan · · Score: 4, Funny

      I entirely agree. While they're at it, I hope they kill that gif image format too. It's only ever used for annoying animations and tacky envelopes folding up to represent a link to an email address. Never did anything useful in its life, only was abused. All the fault of the technology.

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    2. Re:ZOMG FIRST by mad.frog · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah. And HTML pretty much sucks too -- I'm always seeing HTML pages that have annoying shit (like people using "loose" when they mean "lose"). Let's hope they can kill HTML off.

  2. I, for one by Chemisor · · Score: 5, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new Flash killing overlords. After all, anything that promises to kill off flash must have been made by a most honorable and considerate person, who wishes nothing more than to spare us from the many, many pains of the hostile landscape of the web.

  3. MS Sparkle! by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am disrespectful to dirt! Can you see that I am serious?!!?

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  4. Re:So how will this kill flash by dsginter · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because it is disrespecful to dirt!

    Can't you see that it is serious?

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  5. New Virus Channel? by NatteringNabob · · Score: 4, Funny

    Afterall, if they don't make IE dependent on ActiveX, they are going to need some new improved method for virus writers to gain access to your system.

  6. At Least It's Got a Name with Legs by RobotRunAmok · · Score: 4, Funny

    If this was an Open Source project it would be called SPACKLE or The CRIPPLE.

  7. Re:GIF, abused! NO WAY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I mean, c'mon, there's Ghostbusters in .gif format. I didn't have to use bittorrent to find that shit and it took less than a second to download!

  8. Re:SVG? by sockonafish · · Score: 4, Funny
    I've seen quartz run.


    Me too. http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/quartzextreme /