Meanwhile, with WPF/E, Microsoft is targeting the Adobe/Macromedia Flash developer.
"WPF/E is a confluence of the capabilities of the standards-based Web development model, adding media and video capabilities," Key said.
The new WPF/E preview "is very focused on rich media scenarios," he said.
WPF/E provides for using XAML for vector graphics and video automation, and, like Flash, offers a richer user experience than other development options such as AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), Key said.
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"As much as you can enrich a Web experience using AJAX, you're still limited from things like vector graphics and video—which WPF/E supports," Key said.
Indeed, WPF/E offers both Web-standard DOM (Document Object Model)-style programming combined with an XAML-based approach to development, Microsoft said. WPF/E also enables users to have the same user experience on an Apple Mac as on a Windows system, supporting the Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari browsers, Key said.
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Moreover, Howard noted that WPF/E is positioned head-on with Flash, although the technologies are slightly different. "WPF/E promises to integrate more easily with HTML than Flash does, but both require JavaScript as a bridge between the page and the embedded media object."
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