Expression around the Clock
Last week I went to a Microsoft event called Expression around the Clock. As I walked in, I was surprised to receive a full copy of the Expression Studio. This conference was aimed at designers, but I took a lot in from the speakers including Bill Buxton. Bill’s talk impressed me the most, openned my eyes to UI and was quite entertaining. By the time all the speakers were done, I was reminded of the software I had in my hands. They never demoed it at the event, so once I got back to the office I decided to install it. It was a big install and got it all working; however I ran out of time and had to get back to another project.
From what I gather, Expression Web is like Dreamweaver. Expression Blend is like Flash. Expression Design is like Photoshop/Illustrator. Expression Media is well, I am not sure, but maybe like Adobe Bridge, but with a video encoder. Regardless, there are several features I want to try. For instance, Expression Web is supposed to let you work in design mode and create standard-based code automaticly.
The next chance I get, I will test it further and keep you posted.