Welcome to the Expression newsletter!
Hope you had the chance to attend MIX08—some incredible announcements were made including Silverlight 2, DeepZoom, the upcoming launch of Expression 2,
the availability of Expression 2 Betas.
All MIX08 sessions can be viewed on demand. Stay tuned for the release of Expression 2 Trials soon!
Also included in the MIX08 announcements was the brand new Expression Professional Subscription which will become available June 1. Customers are encouraged to
purchase Expression in Volume Licensing with Software Assurance prior to June 1 in order to take advantage of some great cost savings when automatically
upgraded to the new Expression Professional Subscription for free at its release.
Also in March was the exciting Phizzpop Design Challenge finale at South by Southwest.
After winning the regional competition in Los Angeles, Cynergy competed with the top firms from New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Austin.
The challenge was to create a solution spanning multiple platforms including mobile and the web that facilitates social, political, and academic dialogue.
Cynergy utilized Microsoft Silverlight, Windows Live Services, Microsoft Expression Studio, along with other technologies to create their solution named “Ben” after Benjamin Franklin.
Next event stop for Expression is the Web 2.0 Expo April 22-25 and
HOW Design conference May 18-21. Be sure to drop by to say hi!
The Expression Team
In this article, Ben Waggoner discusses the video and audio technologies in Silverlight 2, giving background on their design and tips for best practices with them. Read more
Eric Meyer, world renowned CSS/HTML/Standards maven, and author of some of the essential books on CSS, chats about the challenges and advantages of CSS and shares his favorite CSS resources.
Tony Sokolowski discusses how building compelling user experiences has changed over the last year and a half, starting with Family.Show and finishing this year at MIX08 with Memorabilia.hardrock.com
CSS-based layouts are the presentation standard for web pages, but the learning curve can be steep. Instead of starting your layouts from scratch, try the new preset CSS layouts provided in Expression Web 2.
The first tab of Eric Meyer’s CSS Sculptor add-in for Expression Web, Layout, establishes the basic page structure. CSS Sculptor includes a collection of 30 different preset layouts to help you get started—or you can create your own.
