Malisk Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Just wondering if any information was given regarding the release of these products? Are they going to have betas or CTP's? Are they being released ahead of Vista for early developer adoption? Was any timeframes regarding these revealed at all, or were they just announced? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 I've had acrylic as a beta for a while now. You can get it at: www.microsoft.com/downloads Search for acrylic Don't know the other programs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoondockSaint Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Are they going to have betas or CTP's?Are they being released ahead of Vista for early developer adoption? Was any timeframes regarding these revealed at all, or were they just announced? 586552838[/snapback] As mentioned, Acrylic CTP is available now. Based on the MS FAQs, the suite will be available sometime early 2006, and apparently CTPs will also be available. No time/date though... I really want to try Quartz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malisk Posted September 20, 2005 Author Share Posted September 20, 2005 I'm mostly interested in Sparkle myself :) Yes, I heard of the Acrylic one before.. Forgot to mention it. It's mostly the other two I'm wondering about. Kind of strange they only released a preview of that one. The demo'ed Sparkle version looked pretty usable to me. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoondockSaint Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Acrylic wasnt written by MS - it was a product by Creature House called Expression 3. MS bought the company a while back, and did a version upgrade... and presto, you have Acrylic :) Not a bad product actually, although certainly not a competitor to Adobe Illustrator - least of all the interface, which currently is horrible :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syphonic Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Yeah I'm interested in Sparkle too. Don't know why really, but creating interfaces without code sounds fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malisk Posted September 22, 2005 Author Share Posted September 22, 2005 Especially when it's to make hardware accelerated 2D and/or 3D Avalon apps :D It's not like I'd just like to see how it is for fun, but because I find it quite tedious to hack XAML, and given how much freedom Avalon gives you, I really want some sort of UI. Sure, for the gritty details I can imagine XAML can be useful, but to lay down the foundation and get the look down, it would be nice to have something more visual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nidonocu Posted September 25, 2005 Share Posted September 25, 2005 Its now called Microsoft Expression (nice of them to keep the old name!) and its 'preview' website is live now. http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/default.aspx There's an interesting demo movie to watch the the FAQ annouces the app's are being released 2006 with CTP's of Sparkle and Quartz in the next three months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commodore Max Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 They should be released with the RC's of Vista, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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