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Microsoft Makes Avalon Available
By WebProNews
Staff Writer
Article Date: 2005-01-17
Citing a response to user requests, Microsoft has offered the public a downloadable preview of Avalon, a new graphics and presentation engine designed for Windows.
Originally scheduled to part of the Longhorn release, Microsoft has decided to make Avalon available for the Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 environments. According to BetaNews.com,
Like Longhorn's WinFS storage platform, the first iteration of Avalon will be scaled back from what was originally promised due to its complexity.
Avalon contains a new markup language based on XML -- dubbed "XAML" -- that can be used to create Avalon interfaces. Microsoft is rumored to be developing a front-end programming tool that automates XAML application building code-named Sparkle. Sparkle is a potential competitor to Macromedia's Flash because Microsoft is bringing together its application and development model.
The Avalon preview is available here.
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