News & Press Featured Article| Building the New Windows Experience BetaNews by Ed Oswald and Nate Mook Sept. 15, 2005 |  | ...Microsoft sees Expression as vital to ensuring that developers match the user experience it plans to deliver in Windows Vista. The tools draw directly upon the WinFX foundation in the operating system and simplify the creation of advanced interface elements... |
Press ReleasesMore Articles | Sparkle Vs. Flash Publish by Matthew David September 15, 2005 Opinion: Microsoft's new interactive designer is a heavyweight contender, but is it really battling Flash?... |
| What is Sparkle and is it a "Flash Killer?" Ars Technica by Josh Meier September 15, 2005 If anybody still thinks that Sparkle is a "Flash Killer", they must not have seen the same demo I did. Sparkle is so much more than a Flash competitor, and I am excited to see this kind of product in development... |
| Microsoft Reveals Its Designs on Design TechNewsWorld by Jay Lyman September 15, 2005 Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) may be facing the same kind of dominance it owns on the desktop as it looks to further draw developers to its latest software for graphic design and animation, where Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE) and Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR) own the bulk of the market... |
| Microsoft Demos Graphic Design Tool Suite eWeek by Darryl K. Taft September 14, 2005 LOS ANGELES —- Microsoft Corp. Wednesday demonstrated its new toolset aimed at helping software graphic design experts and developers work better together... |
| Microsoft unveils new design products Dallas Morning News Bloomberg News September 14, 2005 Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, unveiled three products for designing graphics and layout in software programs and Web pages to compete with Adobe Systems Inc. and Macromedia Inc... |
| 3-D Graphics, Sparkle Get Their Due at PDC Internet News by Colin C. Haley September 14, 2005 LOS ANGELES -- ...Today, the Redmond, Wash., software giant had something for designers, offering a demonstration of the 3D animation tool Sparkle Interactive Designer... |
| O Brave New World Creative Pro by Terri Stone August 23, 2005 ...The demos were impressive. But what really stayed with me were two corporate beliefs that seemed to underlie everything I saw and heard... |
| Microsoft "Acrylic" Beta PC Magazine by Galen Fott June 29, 2005 On June 9, Microsoft released a beta version of a new graphics application for public download. Rumors immediately began flying that the software (code-named Acrylic) was a "Photoshop killer"... |
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