Gerald Bauer
2005-01-18 03:45:12 UTC
Hello,
allow me to highlight the blog story titled "Microsoft Avalon
remarks" by Tinic Uro who works as a Principal Engineer on the
Macromedia Flash Player.
Tinic writes:
I spent some time following what Microsoft and Apple are doing for
their new OS versions. The direction is clear: everything is moving
from pixel based graphics to vector data and extensive graphics
hardware support.
Microsoft file format solution is called XAML, which is a SVG
derivation in many points. But where SVG is incredibly complex, still
lacking some basic functionality, slow and almost impossible to
implement 100% correctly, XAML is simply to the point of what
developers and designers need. There are many reasons why XAML is
interesting, apart from the technical ones:
* Totally new user experiences are possible, going away from the
classic widget based systems.
* Reusing content and making changes becomes easier. Maybe this is
the perfect blend between skinning and code.
* Designers can become more part of developing applications than
ever before. The key here is that Microsoft has to deliver on the
tools side. In the past they haven't shown a particular feel for
designers.
Microsoft has acquired CreativeHouse with their application called
Expression. It looks like this technology will become the base of
their new design tools. While a nice toy application, I hope it'll
change enough so it will become practical for everyday use. Or maybe
they have those engineers working on something totally new like it is
the case so often when small companies are acquired.
Skimming over some of the specs of XAML, everything still looks quite
incomplete. If they are at this stage now it looks like another couple
of years for this thing is ready though.
Source: http://www.kaourantin.net/2005/01/microsoft-avalon-remarks.html
What's your take? Do you agree with Tinic that the XAML "specs" look
quite incomplete and that XAML won't be ready for another couple of years?
- Gerald
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Gerald Bauer
XUL News Wire - http://xulnews.com
XUL Alliance - http://xulalliance.org
_________________________________________
United XAML | http://unitedxaml.org
XAML Forum & News | http://xamlnews.com
allow me to highlight the blog story titled "Microsoft Avalon
remarks" by Tinic Uro who works as a Principal Engineer on the
Macromedia Flash Player.
Tinic writes:
I spent some time following what Microsoft and Apple are doing for
their new OS versions. The direction is clear: everything is moving
from pixel based graphics to vector data and extensive graphics
hardware support.
Microsoft file format solution is called XAML, which is a SVG
derivation in many points. But where SVG is incredibly complex, still
lacking some basic functionality, slow and almost impossible to
implement 100% correctly, XAML is simply to the point of what
developers and designers need. There are many reasons why XAML is
interesting, apart from the technical ones:
* Totally new user experiences are possible, going away from the
classic widget based systems.
* Reusing content and making changes becomes easier. Maybe this is
the perfect blend between skinning and code.
* Designers can become more part of developing applications than
ever before. The key here is that Microsoft has to deliver on the
tools side. In the past they haven't shown a particular feel for
designers.
Microsoft has acquired CreativeHouse with their application called
Expression. It looks like this technology will become the base of
their new design tools. While a nice toy application, I hope it'll
change enough so it will become practical for everyday use. Or maybe
they have those engineers working on something totally new like it is
the case so often when small companies are acquired.
Skimming over some of the specs of XAML, everything still looks quite
incomplete. If they are at this stage now it looks like another couple
of years for this thing is ready though.
Source: http://www.kaourantin.net/2005/01/microsoft-avalon-remarks.html
What's your take? Do you agree with Tinic that the XAML "specs" look
quite incomplete and that XAML won't be ready for another couple of years?
- Gerald
-----------------------
Gerald Bauer
XUL News Wire - http://xulnews.com
XUL Alliance - http://xulalliance.org
_________________________________________
United XAML | http://unitedxaml.org
XAML Forum & News | http://xamlnews.com