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LSW
Advanced Member USA Joined: Nov 27, 2003 Post Count: 6287 Status: Offline |
Expression is a new editor for web developement from Microsoft that would seem to possible relace FrontPage. It would seem that it may be something worth keeping and eye on... Microsoft is coming out with a new Windows-only Web design tool called Expression. It?s pretty slick, with features like visually illustrating margins and padding in the design view and what seemed like smart management of styles. Unfortunately, I had a little trouble following what it was doing, mostly because I saw it presented in a talk and didn?t have hands-on time. Basically, Expression seems to be FrontPage done right, with a relentless focus on standards-oriented design principles. It has its own rendering engine for the design view, and the whole thing was built from the ground up, which means it isn?t trapped by legacy rendering concerns, but it made several of us wonder why that isn?t what they use in IE7. - Eric Meyer ---------------------------------------- Gu.aal kwsh� yak'�i it�akw ijeet wugood�k LSW-WebDesign.com ---------------------------------------- [Edit 1 times, last edit by LSW at May 15, 2006 12:29:37 PM] |
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newseed
Advanced Member Joined: Apr 2, 2005 Post Count: 2141 Status: Offline |
I know two MCP that have tested the Web Designer portion of Expression and have given it high praises. Unfortunately, there is no public beta to download. Only the Graphic Designer and Interactive Designer has the free trial for download. Expression seems to be a bundled package of all 3 programs. My question is, will they also sell them seperately? I would not be surprised if the Expression package to be priced at about $400-$600 U.S. or higher. How much does it cost for a copy of Notepad?  ---------------------------------------- Success is based on how much you spend. If it's not money, then the alternative is your time. The Kasper Group |
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LSW
Advanced Member USA Joined: Nov 27, 2003 Post Count: 6287 Status: Offline |
How much does it cost for a copy of Notepad? A lot of grey hairs as the damn thing has not tag coloration, can take twice as long to find mistakes!  ---------------------------------------- Gu.aal kwsh� yak'�i it�akw ijeet wugood�k LSW-WebDesign.com |
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Les
Advanced Member Joined: May 9, 2004 Post Count: 640 Status: Offline |
Hi Kyle/Newseed I think that Microsoft CAN create a web standards WYSIWYG editor, i dont know why they didnt get their Young genious yuppies to make an editor as CSS/ and Web Accessible -- I would get a CSS based WYSIWYG tomorrow if there was one available ----  Cheers Kyle/ newseed ---------------------------------------- Tomorrow never comes, make the most of today |
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newseed
Advanced Member Joined: Apr 2, 2005 Post Count: 2141 Status: Offline |
How much does it cost for a copy of Notepad? A lot of grey hairs as the damn thing has not tag coloration, can take twice as long to find mistakes! ...and you probably already have a notepad substitute but if not, you can check out a freeware that will deliver tag coloration. GridinSoft Lite Scroll down till you find the Freeware section. ---------------------------------------- Success is based on how much you spend. If it's not money, then the alternative is your time. The Kasper Group ---------------------------------------- [Edit 1 times, last edit by newseed at Mar 22, 2006 3:35:29 PM] |
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LSW
Advanced Member USA Joined: Nov 27, 2003 Post Count: 6287 Status: Offline |
I have picked up thefollowing info in another forum (Thanks Gene)
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shelfimage
Advanced Member USA Joined: Mar 24, 2005 Post Count: 3000 Status: Offline |
yeah I saw that earlier today and tried to be on e of the 1st 5000 - no go. So I downloaded the image editor and will test drive that for 180 days...  The public beta release of the web designer product will be another month or tow from what I understand. ---------------------------------------- "The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings." -Okakura Kakuzo Save the developers<!> Maine Webworks |
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LSW
Advanced Member USA Joined: Nov 27, 2003 Post Count: 6287 Status: Offline |
Seems to be closed now, at this writing that is. Not sure when it was full. The public test version seems to be schedualed for June. ---------------------------------------- Gu.aal kwsh� yak'�i it�akw ijeet wugood�k LSW-WebDesign.com |
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admin
Advanced Member Joined: Jun 14, 2003 Post Count: 2923 Status: Offline |
Microsoft is good at making big IDE's with drag-and-drop functionality etc. Things like Visual Studio and Visual Basic were impressive for their time and Visual Studio .NET is still a great tool - if you like code automation. But when it comes to text/code editors, they don't typically shine. Stefan ---------------------------------------- Stefan Mischook Video Tutorial Store | Web Templates |
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LSW
Advanced Member USA Joined: Nov 27, 2003 Post Count: 6287 Status: Offline |
Cheryl D. Wise was at the MIX 06 Conference along with Eric Meyer among others. Cheryl sent me a link to something she did up on Expression. Now this is not the best looking web site on the net, but she was sick when she came back from it and has not had a chance to do it up right. She also posted a video of Expression. It has no audio or cations yet, but you may find it interesting. I was intrigued that she stated in our mailings that she may drop TopStyle for Expressions for doing CSS work. Now I am really intrigued with this... by Expression Web Designer ---------------------------------------- Gu.aal kwsh� yak'�i it�akw ijeet wugood�k LSW-WebDesign.com |
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