daveb
insert clever quip about ubiquity here
mr. sparkle ≠ flash · Sep 16, 11:40 am
microsoft is trying to step on the toes of macromedia+adobe Flash with sparkle. sparkle is like flash, but has better support for 3d, is authored in XAML (an xml format) and can bind directly to SQL databases. the applications can be extended using C# code, which can be developed in visual studio in tandem to graphical development.
sounds like a dream development environment. and for now it is. sparkle will only run on the upcoming Vista operating system, due end of 2006 (unless it gets turfed and rebranded again). and only on the peecee. and only with a huge video card.
but still, you can develop rich internet applications that users can run in a browser or download that can potentially rival current desktop software development. this sounds like the ideal format for someone like intuit to develop their wildly popuplar tax applications in. users could either download or run the same application in the browser. all the content would come from a database, and the interface would be delicious.
but is it really better? read here to find out more
short answer: no. reality is always better than dreams.
although you can get a sneek peek at the microsoft expression family here
but don’t try and view it on mozilla, or a mac, or… you get the idea.
for fun: try counting the number of times the word “vapour” appears in the above presentation.
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