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	Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer is Microsoft's upcoming user interface design tool for applications based on the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF, formerly known as Avalon).
		It is one of three applications in the Microsoft Expression suite.
		On January 24, 2006, Microsoft released the first public Community Technology Preview of Expression Interactive Designer, code-named Sparkle, as a free download on their web site.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Microsoft_Sparkle (224 words)

	Meet the Team Behind Microsoft's 'Sparkle' Publish - Find Articles
		Microsoft won't divulge how many people are on the Sparkle team in particular, but sources have said it's roughly two dozen, centered primarily in Redmond, Wash.
		The Sparkle team is comprised of approximately half veteran Microsoft employees and half recruits from Adobe, Macromedia, Avid and other established players in the professional-design-tool space.
		Sparkle is a showcase application for Microsoft on a few different fronts.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_zd4149/is_200601/ai_n16015220 (0 words)

	cybergrain: Microsoft Expression Sparkle finally announced
		Microsoft Sparkle may provide the incentive necessary to ignite an open source RichUI effort, but any such codebase will be a long time coming.
		Microsoft is planning their largest marketing push ever for Windows Vista, so the number of people able to run Sparkle apps will explode in 2007.
		While I understand that Microsoft didn't exactly invent the concept, they sure are the ones executing on it and, for the first time, developers/content creators/designers have a consistent mechanism to deliver content (whether it be advertising, information, or data) to the user no matter the transport or source location.
	www.cybergrain.com /archives/2005/09/microsoft_expre.html (0 words)

	Microsoft Buffs Sparkle 'Flash Killer' - Neowin Forums
		Sparkle will be targeted at developers of a variety of business, Web and online training/sales applications—all markets that make heavy use today of Macromedia's Flash platform, sources said.
		Sources added that Sparkle also will be able to run on a variety of devices, as it will rely on a compact version of the WPF that is similar in packaging and positioning to the current.Net Compact Framework technology.
		Microsoft is looking to push the Expression suite in lockstep with its Visual Studio developer tools suite to make designers key participants in the development process.
	www.neowin.net /forum/index.php?showtopic=362368 (0 words)

	ITworld.com - Microsoft to debut Sparkle, OS features
		Microsoft also will display a new sense of friendliness toward its development community, with news that shows the company has given "some serious thinking" about how to solve developer issues in ways that really benefit its customers and overall development community, Kirzner said.
		Kirzner added that it's likely that Microsoft's new strategy is meant to counter open-source efforts such as the Linux operating system and Eclipse, an open-source development platform introduced by IBM several years ago that has caught on widely among Java tools vendors.
		Microsoft is playing catch-up to Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. in the search and mapping tools arena in particular, so is looking to leverage its significant development community to promote adoption of products such as MSN Search and MSN Virtual Earth.
	www.itworld.com /Man/3828/050912sparkle (0 words)

	Flex, Flash, and Flash Lite Developer - Jesse Warden dot Kizz-om (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sparkle is Microsoft's tool to design (not necessarely code) applications on the new Windows (Vista, was Avalon) operating system.
		Sparkle gives you the same feeling, ecspecially when you start editing existing controls, modifying their innards on the timeline, and seeing them show some data that is actually live bound in the tool.
		I think for Sparkle to truly get people's attention, they need to take her majesty's suggestion, and have someone at 2Advanced design an app with a C# developer, and post that as a sample application.
	www.jessewarden.com /archives/2006/01/sparkle_is_neat.html (0 words)

	andrewlucking.com - andrew lucking - software developer, amateur boatbuilder, bon vivant
		Good timing too, with Microsoft’s Mix06 happening this week and the various impressions of Sparkle, err, Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer, coming from some Macromedia community luminaries who are in attendance.
		Microsoft have released a public community technology preview (CTP) of their Expression Interactive Designer (Sparkle).
		Microsoft are the folks who brought you… well… alot of stuff that necessitated the creation of the Web Standards Project.
	www.andrewlucking.com /archives/category/microsoft (0 words)

	Andrew Stopford's Weblog
		Microsoft in association with Computer Arts magazineare holding a one day event at the Royal Opera House on May 10th.
		Speaking of the Sparkle release, a new vid is up on channel 9 about the release and some of the new features.
		What is stunning about Sparkle is thatits 100% managed code and Avalon,it not only dogfood's Avalon but its self with various parts of the Sparkle interface built using the tool.
	weblogs.asp.net /astopford/archive/tags/Sparkle/default.aspx (0 words)

	Microsoft's Sparkle is more than vaporware
		Given the timing of the recent Sparkle announcement, and considering that.NET/Sparkle development prototypes came into existence in the last month or two, I'd be willing to bet that Expression's toolset is the source of it all.
		Longhorn will be based on Avalon and Sparkle, MS has a huge chunk of change invested in their new vector based application development environments, so don't think it's going to suck because it won't.
		It remains to be seen if the UI in Sparkle will appeal to designers and their workflow, but my guess is that people are going to be drooling when they see what they can produce with it.
	www.actionscript.com /archives/00000587.html (0 words)

	kaourantin.net: Microsoft Sparkle
		What is even more impressive is that Microsoft did eat their own dog food and implemented the Sparkle UI using the Windows Presentation Foundation.
		I was told a former Anark person made it over to Microsoft and when I first saw the timeline and the layout of Sparkle I actually thought it was Anark Studio.
		Better focus on what Sparkle will be very good at when it's released, creating applications to use on the latest generations of windows desktops.
	www.kaourantin.net /2005/09/microsoft-sparkle.html (0 words)

	Sparkle - Moviefone
		SPARKLE Elevates Performance of GeForce 7900 GS To a New Level, 2006/10/26...
		Microsoft Expression "Sparkle Interactive Designer" is a professional development program that allows designers and developers to work together to create...
		Sparkle - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Sparkle Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/sparkle/67085/main (0 words)

	Manuel Clement and others - Introducing Sparkle
		Microsoft, today, at the PDC, announced Microsoft Expression, which is a suite of three applications to help you build Web sites and new kinds of Windows applications.
		Sparkle is therefore a showcase of the kind of app you could build using the.Net/XAML platform.
		Microsoft is bringing this technology to the people in that community who don't want to pay for overpriced Apple hardware.
	channel9.msdn.com /showpost.aspx?postid=115387 (0 words)

	Flashes of Brilliance in Microsoft's Sparkle?
		Microsoft's first Community Technology Preview of its Expression Interactive Designer tool was released along with the fourth CTP of its Expression Graphic Designer, formerly known as "Acrylic," said Forest Key, director of product management for Microsoft's design tools, in Redmond, Wash.
		Microsoft won't divulge how many people are on the Sparkle team in particular, but sources have said it includes roughly two dozen people, most of whom are in Redmond.
		Approximately half of the Sparkle team is made up of veteran Microsoft employees, and the balance is made up of recruits from Adobe, Macromedia, Avid and other established players in the professional design tool space.
	www.publish.com /article2/0,1895,1916755,00.asp (0 words)

	Microsoft previews Sparkle and Acrylic
		Microsoft on Monday said it shipped a new version of Windows Media Player, a week after the company had initially hoped to debut the new jukebox player.
		Microsoft revealed the launching Oct. 30 of two new financial software products, Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2007 and Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2007, both of which are designed for small and home-based businesses.
		Microsoft had hoped to release the final version of Windows Media Player 11 on Tuesday, but the company said the jukebox software was not quite sounding the right note.
	www.wininsider.com /news/?8902 (0 words)

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		One thing we know for sure is that Microsoft will have a much friendlier attitude towards the development community.
		Another product widely expected to be previewed is Sparkle, Microsoft's "Flash Killer." Sparkle is the code-name for Microsoft's new graphics and animation suite that is rumored to be designed as competition for Adobe (which recently acquired Macromedia), and specifically Flash.
		According to Robert Scoble, the allegations that Sparkle is a "Flash Killer" are simply not true.
	arstechnica.com /journals/microsoft.ars/2005/9/13/1209 (0 words)

	Microsoft about Sparkle the 'Flash Killer' - ColdFusion Development - CFzone.NET
		According to eweek Microsoft Corp. is expected to give more details on its developer-oriented graphics tool, code-named Sparkle at its upcoming Professional Developers Conference next month.
		Sparkle will be part of the Expression Studio suite of design and developer tools for the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), formerly known as Avalon.
		Sparkle also will be able to run on a variety of devices, as it will rely on a compact version of the WPF that is similar in packaging and positioning to the current.Net Compact Framework technology.
	www.cfzone.net /go?10814 (0 words)

	Microsoft Watch - Operating Systems - Microsoft to Automate 'Avalon' Coding With 'Sparkle'
		For example, according to one source, Microsoft used Sparkle to develop the clock that was part of the "Sidebar" that is part of the Longhorn Aero interface.
		It's not clear when and whether Microsoft will release Sparkle to developers, although one would assume the company would do so before Longhorn is delivered (estimated to be 2006).
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	www.microsoft-watch.com /article2/0,4248,1374455,00.asp (0 words)

	Microsoft to Automate Avalon Coding With Sparkle - 4peeps.com Forums
		According to press reports, Sparkle is an animation toolset that will likely emerge as part of the Longhorn wave of products/technologies.
		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.
		Microsoft tried this before and it failed miserably.
	www.4peeps.com /ivb/?showtopic=5568 (0 words)

	Microsoft Sparkle \| Gadgetopia
		Microsoft to Automate ‘Avalon’ Coding With ‘Sparkle’: What a lot of people don’t remember is that when Flash came out, back when it was called FutreSplash, Microsoft saw the writing on the wall and tried to shut down Flash before it started with something called LiquidMotion.
		Microsoft appears to be beefing up the design features and functionality of Visual Studio with Sparkle for both windows and web applications.
		Microsoft could add to the Microsoft Office suite a new application that incorporates the best features of both Flash, Dreamweaver and Fireworks with its own efforts with Sparkle and call it Cool.
	www.gadgetopia.com /post/1466 (0 words)

	Flash-MX: News: An early look at Microsoft's Avalon
		This begins to get interesting as News.com is reporting that Microsoft is giving developers a very early glimpse at some of Avalon.
		Sparkle is the tool that will automate XAML application development.
		Comparing Sparkle and Flash is "kind of an apples and oranges comparison," says one Windows developer familiar with Sparkle, who requested anonymity.
	www.flash-mx.com /news/archives/000348.cfm (0 words)

	Sparkle Beta available - Flashmagazine
		Microsoft has a poor track record on the Mac platform (with a great exception in their line of Office products) not to mention their near zero track record on platforms such as Linux.
		In 3-5 years, Sparkle will be widespread enough for using it for many tasks other than application building (for which it will be great from day 1).
		We are certain that Sparkle and WinFX will be a great addition to the Windows toolset, but we just don't see this as a Flash Killer just yet.
	www.flashmagazine.com /1233.htm (0 words)

	JD on EP: Sparkle blinks
		Sparkle blinks: Microsoft Expression has apparently had a hush rollback: "Microsoft told developers last year to expect its Expression Web Designer and Graphic Designer to hit in calendar 2006.
		Now it seems Expression Interactive Designer and Graphic Designer won't ship until some time during Microsoft's fiscal 2008, which runs from July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008." I was skeptical after the MS MIX event, with the news about Vista slipping past the 2006 holiday season...
		Microsoft can do extraordinary things in an extraordinary bad fashion.
	weblogs.macromedia.com /jd/archives/2006/07/sparkle_blinks.cfm (0 words)

	SV: SV: [Flashcoders] Microsoft Sparkle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sparkle doesnt strike me as innovative, enriching or useful, mostly because of its reliance on MS tech.
		Sparkle is another hurdle, more > noise in the ether.
		> > As much as i dig what MS did with the xbox, Sparkle and the whole 3d > kajoozle is just another way for them to integrate the web tighter with > their whole crazy Live idea, and it's an ugly thing that messes up for > developers and users alike.
	chattyfig.figleaf.com /pipermail/flashcoders/2006-January/158356.html (0 words)

	moockblog: microsoft sparkle
		the web's a-buzz with microsoft's september 14, 2005 announcement of "expression," the new suite of tools for creating rich applications and content for vista, the next version of windows.
		much of the current online discussion seems to be consumed with determining whether sparkle will "kill flash" or whether the two are even competitors, but i'm not personally very interested in that debate.
		whether you love or hate microsoft, if you have any interest in rich content or application development, sparkle is definitely worth looking at.
	www.moock.org /blog/archives/000175.html (0 words)

	Sparkle beta released « Scobleizer - Tech Geek Blogger
		Microsoft may not be seen as a good vendor in this space; but Visual Studio / WPF developers need a default tool for building vector graphics — I hope Sparkle fills this role (and at a good price).
		Sparkle not only has to be good, but it has to differentiate itself, and now that Macromedia and Adobe have joined, they really are a behemoth in the design sp…
		You may not have seen this if you didn’t follow my trackback (understandable), but a great alternative to Sparkle is Flex Builder - http://labs.macromedia.com/technologies/flexbuilder2/ - it creates Flash, which means it’s cross-browser, cross-platform and it does everything Sparkle does.
	scobleizer.wordpress.com /2006/01/24/sparkle-beta-released (0 words)

	cybergrain: Microsoft Archives
		Manuel Clement, designer on the Microsoft Sparkle team, has started a blog.
		Many corporations in America, including Microsoft, have an annual review process, the outcome of which is that managers assign each employee a numeric score, used to determine bonus and career opportunities.
		My hunch is that Microsoft is going to follow suit in Vista, dropping their orange, blue, green and yellow theme for something monochromatic/metallic/translucent.
	www.cybergrain.com /archives/companies/microsoft (0 words)

	New Microsoft Windows Tools in the Wings
		Following up on its recent release of the first preview of Sparkle, its designer tool for creating applications for Windows Vista and the Web, the company is currently at work building designers for other core infrastructure pillars of its platform.
		Meanwhile, an internal Microsoft developer at the show acknowledged that there will be a WCF designer, essentially a tool that allows developers to specify the data contract and the methods or functions exposed.
		Microsoft is beginning to approach development somewhat differently, based on lessons learned in building Visual Studio 2005, said Russ Ryan, product unit manager of the Developer Division Customer Product Lifecycle Experience Team at Microsoft, in Redmond, Wash.
	www.devsource.com /article2/0,1895,1924457,00.asp (0 words)

	Andrew Watt - Developer Fusion, the UK developer community - VB, ASP, C#, .NET, PHP and XML tutorials & source code
		Microsoft Expression seems to be about to be "everywhere".
		Microsoft is again taking steps to attempt to enter into the design workspace arena, as opposed to the developer workspace.
		Microsoft Expression is a new set of three design tool products: Acrylic - graphics designer tool Sparkle - a visual...
	www.developerfusion.co.uk /show/4828 (0 words)

	Microsoft's Sparkle: Is it a flash killer?
		As part of an ongoing initiative to give users access to its technology, Microsoft Monday added a format for fighting spoof e-mail to a list of specifications that can be used freely for development.
		The cross-industry group Microsoft formed last spring to better integrate technology into the process of drug development has announced its second research venturea project intended to simplify the process for identifying and validating genomic bioma...
		Microsoft plans to spend US$7.5 billion in research and development in fiscal 2007, a figure that increases the research and development spending analysts and industry-watchers previously expected from the company, Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballm...
	www.wininsider.com /news/?8896 (0 words)

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