Redmond's readying a Macromedia "Flash killer" that could debut before
Longhorn, according to sources.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1374753,00.asp
Watch out, Macromedia. Here comes Microsoft "Sparkle."
<http://www.atnewyork.com/news/article.php/3104381>According to press
reports, Sparkle is an animation toolset that will likely emerge as part of
the Longhorn wave of products/technologies. Some are describing Sparkle as
a Macromedia "Flash killer."
Microsoft officials declined to comment on Sparkle. But here's what
Microsoft Watch uncovered:
Microsoft's graphics subsystem for Longhorn is code-named "Avalon." Avalon
is designed to take the place of the USER/GDI graphics application
programming interfaces (APIs) that are part of the current Win32
programming model.
Developers can write to Avalon using XAML, the Microsoft-authored
eXtensible Application Markup Language. But for now, the only way to write
XAML applications is to hand-code them.
Sparkle is the tool that will automate XAML application development. Said
one source: Sparkle will let you create XAML and .Net applications."
Another source said that Microsoft used Sparkle to develop the clock that
was part of the "Sidebar" that is part of the Longhorn Aero interface.
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Seems to me this is the second or third attempt by M$ to develop this.
larry
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