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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. Upcoming developer tools by EssenceLumin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sites that make you scroll left and right to read the text like the "upcoming developer tools" link are horrid, I can't/won't read them.

  2. Sparkle Alpha Name by webappsec · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Tinkle.

  3. Try this free Flash-like solution: Scriptio by msclark · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm the developer of Scriptio, an open source solution that has some Flash features for animation and presentations. It is written in JavaScript and uses AJAX techniques, and also interfaces with Ogg Vorbis, QuickTime, and Flash audio tracks.

    There are examples on the web site that show it in action, and the package can be downloaded at SourceForge.

    Web site: http://www.scriptio.us/
    Download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/scriptio

    The package was just released this month, and I'm not sure how to spread the word. Maybe the SlashDot editors will mod me up to get some exposure. :^)

    Matthew Clark

  4. Re:Obligatory by narcc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ah, the miracle of birth... I hope your 'baby meme' grows up big and strong.

    May I post its first abuse?

    Chuck Norris IS the only meme killer

    --
    Required reading for internet skeptics