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Expression Studio: A suite of Web and graphics design applications from Microsoft, which can also be purchased separately. Introduced in 2007, Expression Web is the Web page authoring package, while Expression...; Full Expression Studio Definition >>

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Microsoft starts rolling out several tool test releases: Microsoft tool testers will have lots of new builds to play with this week.Microsoft is expecting to deliver a public Visual Studio 2008 ("Orcas") Beta 2 for download on Friday, July 27, company officials said. It will roll out simultaneously Beta 2 of the .Net Framework 3.5. Microsoft is expecting...; Tags: Silverlight (wpf/e), Expression Studio, .Net Framework, Visual Studio 2008 (Orcas), Development tools; Blog posts 2007-07-26
Microsoft Expression Web: Microsoft may not be the first name that comes to mind when it comes to digital design. With its rollout of Expression software, however, the company is vying to win over users of Adobe Dreamweaver and other tools such as Namo WebEditor. The $299 Expression Web, which replaces FrontPage,...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Channel management, Web, Microsoft Corp., Expression Web, Macromedia Dreamweaver; Product reviews 2007-05-21
Sun's JavaFX = Microsoft Silverlight (in theory, at least): At JavaOne today, Sun announced a new Java scripting environment and a new Java platform of tools and software that it plans to make consistent across everything from cell phones to desktops for "all of human kind." So is Suns newly unveiled JavaFX really a Microsoft Silverlight killer? Its...; Tags: Visual Studio Orcas, Silverlight (wpf/e), Expression Studio, Development tools, Corporate strategy, .Net Framework; Blog posts 2007-05-08
Project Indiana: Could Sun outshine Microsoft's Silverlight?: At its JavaOne conference, which kicks off in San Francisco on May 8, Sun is promising a major technology unveiling, code-named "Project Indiana." My ZDNet blogging colleage Ed Burnette is speculating that Sun might unveil a head-to-head competitor to Microsofts Silverlight, a k a "Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere." ...; Tags: Silverlight (wpf/e), MIX07, Expression Studio, Development tools, Corporate strategy, Code names, .Net Framework; Blog posts 2007-05-07
A new Microsoft software plus service: Silverlight Streaming: Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie took the wraps off Microsofts latest example of software plus service (S+S) -- a new video streaming offering called Silverlight Streaming -- during his opening keynote at Microsofts Mix 07 conference on April 30. Silverlight Streaming is in alpha. It is a free...; Tags: Windows Live, Web 2.0, Visual Studio Orcas, Silverlight (wpf/e), MIX07, Expression Studio, Development tools; Blog posts 2007-04-30

The how and when of Adobe and Microsoft's Rich Internet Application technologies: Now that Silverlight is being talked about, people seem to be comparing Apollo and Silverlight in the same posts. I think this stems from the fact that both are still alpha/beta and that the two technologies "cross the streams" into the other companies territory. For that they are significant, but...; Tags: Windows Presentation Foundation, Expression Studio, Apollo, Ajax, Adobe, XBAP, WPF, Silverlight, Rich Internet Applications, On2, Microsoft, Flex, Flash; Blog posts 2007-04-23
Microsoft seeks to redefine RIA with Silverlight: Nearly everyone in the tech industry uses RIA as an acronym for "Rich Internet Applications." But not Microsoft. In Redmonds case, RIA stands for Rich Interactive Applications -- a term and topic the Softies are planning to make a focus during Microsofts appearance at the National Association of...; Tags: Zune, WPF/e, Expression Studio, Development tools, Code names; Blog posts 2007-04-16
Expression Blend and Expression Web will be available to MSDN premium subscribers: Microsoft announced today that two programs from Expression Studio, Web and Blend, will be available to MSDN premium subscribers. Originally, Microsoft had decided not to include any Expression products with MSDN because they felt that the design-focused Expression tools didnt belong in the developer program. Luckily, Microsoft listened to...; Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Expression Studio; Blog posts 2007-04-03
About-face: Microsoft to make Expression Web, Blend available on MSDN: Are developers designers? Are designers developers? And who is Microsoft or any software vendor to decide? After getting an earful from the Microsoft programming community over its decision not to make its Expression tools available to Microsoft Developer Network MSDN subscribers, Microsoft has done an about-face. The company is...; Tags: Expression Studio, Development tools, Corporate strategy; Blog posts 2007-04-03
Microsoft Expression Blend release candidate now available: This almost slipped off of my radar as I was checking feeds today, but according to the Expression Blog, Microsoft rolled out the release candidate version of Blend tonight. Blend is an interactive designer for creating XAML-based applications and is part of Microsofts Expression Studio. I havent heard...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., release-candidate, Microsoft Expression, WPF/E; Blog posts 2007-03-14
Tool for creating "WPF/E" apps on the horizon?: I always feel a odd bringing up shortcomings for products that are still very much in development like Apollo or "WPF/E", but one of the complaints Ive heard about WPF/E is the lack of a specific tool targeted at the XAML that WPF/E uses. Blend is a great tool for...; Tags: WFP/E, Microsoft, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, Expression Studio, Devigner Workflow, Rich Internet Applications; Blog posts 2007-03-05
Microsoft: No plans (for now) to host Expression Studio: On February 28, Adobe announced plans to release a hosted version of Photoshop within six months. Is rival Microsoft rushing to do the same with its growing family of design tools? For now, at least, the answer is no. In spite of its push to build a services component...; Tags: Expression Studio, Corporate strategy, Development tools; Blog posts 2007-03-01
A list of Rich Internet Application Technologies for the Digg crowd: This comment thread made me realize that there is still a lot of confusion about what the different RIA technologies do. Statements like "Flex is Adobes AJAX offering." or "Flex is like a weak version of WPF/E when it comes down to it." just show people havent quite grasped where...; Tags: WFP/E, WPF, Expression Studio, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, .NET 3.0, Windows Presentation Foundation, OpenLaszlo, Apollo, Flex, Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Adobe; Blog posts 2007-02-26
"WPF/E" not shipping first release with C# and CLR support: Microsoft is talking about its Expression Studio product at the Future of Web Apps event in London and Tim Anderson had some interesting information from some of the folks working the Microsoft booth: A couple of notes on Microsoft, a newcomer to this conference and showing off...; Tags: .NET 3.0, Expression Studio, Microsoft, Rich Internet Applications, WFP/E, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere; Blog posts 2007-02-21
Microsoft: Visual Studio Orcas still on track for 2007: Microsoft has yet to post a beta build of Visual Studio "Orcas." But the product is still slated to ship in 2007, according to Scott Guthrie, General Manager of Microsofts Developer Division. Guthrie confirmed the 2007 release-date target for Orcas in a blog posting on February 8. He said...; Tags: Code names, Development tools, Expression Studio, Orcas, Visual Studio Orcas; Blog posts 2007-02-09
Dx3 - A rock star Rich Internet Application conference: I just got an email about the Dx3 conference, something Ive been following for a while. It now looks like its starting to take shape, so I wanted to make sure everyone knows about it. Dx3 stands for Design, Develop, and Deploy and it looks like its going to be...; Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Adobe, Flex, Experience, Flash, Apollo, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, Design, Expression Studio, DX3; Blog posts 2007-02-05
Apollo and Flex at DEMO and Expression Studio Betas: Its been a busy day but there was a lot of interesting stuff. Brandon was the first to point out that Apollo was presented at DEMO you can bid on the shirt they used to demo the application. GigaOm did the live blogging and had this to say:...; Tags: Adobe, Apollo, Expression Studio, Flash, Rich Internet Applications, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, WPF/E; Blog posts 2007-01-31
Microsoft delivers two new design-tool betas: The Microsoft Expression team has made available two new beta builds that folks interested in Microsofts evolving design-tool products and strategy might want to check out. Theres a new build (Beta 2) of Expression Blend, the product formerly code-named "Sparkle" and a first full-fledged beta build of Expression...; Tags: Development tools, Expression Studio, WPF/e; Blog posts 2007-01-31
Microsoft Expression Blend Beta 2 available for download: On a last quick run-through of the feeds before I head to bed I noticed that Eric Lam has posted that Beta 2 of Expression Blend is now available. According to Eric there are a few changes in this version: You can now instantiate resources from the Resources...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Expression Blend; Blog posts 2007-01-30
I'm excited about Windows Vista: So after a long haul, Vista is finally hitting store shelves. Ive been using it for a couple of months now and for the most part, I like it. I absolutely HATE User Account Control and its caused me some headaches I cant elaborate on for NDA reasons and every...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Ive, Microsoft Windows; Blog posts 2007-01-29