# Sparkle - What is it exactly?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sparkle-what-is-it-exactly/197756>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [August 18, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sparkle-what-is-it-exactly/197756 "2006-08-18T20:03:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Al6200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Al6200](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Al6200)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sparkle-what-is-it-exactly/197756/1 "2006-08-18T20:03:17Z")

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What exactly is Microsoft Sparkle? I read an article a while ago talking about how it was going to compete with Flash, but Kirupa recently told me it is actually completely diffrent than Flash.

So I’m pretty confused… I really enjoy Flash, so I might be interested in Sparkle…