Expression v3
Cheryl D Wise
Studio v3 at July 10, 2009 in the Bay Area of California.
Unfortunately, the article is sketchy on details about new features
mentioning only Sketchflow in Blend v3 and Silverlight 3 both of which are
in public betas. What this means for Expression Design and Expression Media
is anyone's guess. Granted my interest in these programs is somewhat limited
but I am extremely interested in what is happening with Expression Web v3.
We saw little bits of Expression Web v3 in the background of Eric's
presentation of Super Preview at MIX 09 but that's the only feature or
change we have any information on. There was a preview release of the
standalone version of Super Preview released at that time but nothing since.
Eric indicated that the version of Super Preview that will be included with
Expression Web v3 will have more features than the standalone version. It
will support Safari, Firefox and I believe he said other browsers physically
installed on your computer not just IE 6 and whatever other version you have
of IE installed. (Not sure if you will be able to run both IE 7 and IE 8 as
separate browsers in it as opposed to IE 8 with compatibility mode for IE 7,
something I'd like more information on.) No information on any other changes
or features for Expression Web v3 is available. I will admit to being
somewhat concerned about this lack of information.
Months ago in February we talked about bugs in Expression Web v2, some of
which had been carried over from v1 that came up in our November 2008 Live
Meeting. In March and April during our MIX 09 Live Meetings we discussed
SuperPreview, Seadragon and other stuff from MIX. We have been waiting more
or less patiently for a CTP or beta of Expression Web to see which of our
top bugs have been fixed, what features besides Super Preview are being
added. It has been over 2.5 months since MIX 09 and we are still waiting.
Though now it appears there will be no CTP of Expression Web, Media or
Design given the short time between this announcement and the launch date
given in the eweek article. This is a departure from the previous versions
where there was a long CTP/Beta of Expression Design v1 (over a year) and a
shorter preview between two (v2) and five months (v1) of Expression Web. I
don't know about you but I'd like more information on what to expect in each
of the Expression products in the version three release which is coming much
earlier than I for one had expected. (I expected a November-December time
frame based on the time between version 1-2 and the relatively little
information provided on version 3 at MIX 09.)
What do you think?
Cheryl D Wise
http://by-expression.com