Microsoft Expression Web Designer CTP1 released !

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So yes! We released the first CTP of Microsoft Expression Web Designer on Monday.

Over the past 2 days I've been receiving a couple of questions on this - weird cause I'm not a designer a all - guess devs & designers are really close after all then! :-) 

 

 

So here's a compiled FAQ that should cover most of the immediate questions...

 

What is Expression Web Designer?

Microsoft’s professional design tool for creating HTML/CSS based web sites and applications.

Target audience?

Professional designers who are building broad reach HTML Web sites and applications.

Key features?

Expression Web Designer will help you create and work with:

• Standards-Based Web Sites

• Sophisticated CSS-Based Layouts

• Extensive CSS Formatting and Management

• Rich Data Presentation

• Powerful ASP.NET 2.0 Server Technology

Other features in the pipeline?

At this time, we are working through the customer and technology requirement and do not have a final feature list.

Expiration date for the CTP 1 build?

You bet! :-) The Expression Web Designer CTP1 will expire on February 1st, 2007.

 

Download size ?

The download size for this CTP is 230MB.

Support for CSS 1 and 2?

Yes, Expression Web Designer supports both CSS 1 and CSS 2.1.

Support for Expression Web Designer CTP?

Formal support is not offered for this Expression Web Designer CTP. Instead, we have set up a forum () to solicit feedback and help get your questions answered by the Expression Web Designer community.

Launch date?

The feedback from the CTP process will not only drive the features of the product, but will also ultimately determine the launch date. We will ship when our customers tell us the product is ready.

Browser compatibility?

Microsoft Expression Web Designer supports XHTML and CSS standards and will enable Web designers to easily build browser-agnostic sites. EWD also incorporates rich accessibility support to help build the most accessible, standards conformant Web sites possible.

Pricing?

At this time we are not releasing pricing information. Details about pricing will be announced as soon as they are available.

Will this FrontPage 2003?

Microsoft Expression Web Designer is a new product for professional Web designers, based on the evolution of FrontPage 2003 technologies, including significant new investments in cutting-edge technologies (CSS, XML, XHTML XSLT, and ASP.Net 2.0) over the past several years. It will enable professional designers to create high-quality, modern, standards-based Web sites.

 

Where can I get the CTP?

https://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/web_designer/wd_free_trial.aspx