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Microsoft Expression vs. Dreamweaver

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the drink-the-kool-aid dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Informit has a quick look at Microsoft's Expression suite consisting of Graphic Designer, Interactive Designer, and Web Designer in comparison to Dreamweaver. It seems that Microsoft got tired of relying on FrontPage and is actually going after professionals. From the article: 'What designers might not realize is that Microsoft finally drank the Kool-Aid. The Expression Web Designer application walks the Web standards walk. One caution: Web Designer currently only supports ASP.NET. Microsoft built the ASP.NET platform; it isn't a surprise that Expression Web Designer was designed to support that platform. This is obviously a drawback for those designers who work with PHP, JSP, and other non-ASP.NET platforms, making it difficult for Microsoft to expand its reach beyond the ASP.NET users.'"

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  1. Kool-aid? by fm6 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Microsoft finally drank the Kool-Aid.
    Why is "drink the Kool-Aid" such a popular expression for "leap of faith"? Isn't anybody put off the orgin of the phrase?
  2. Uh, oh... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft seems to be lost in the web design field. Can someone hand them a LAMP and a good text editor so they can find their way?

  3. HTML source of original article text: by blueZ3 · · Score: 4, Funny

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    <meta name=Title content="Microsoft Expression">
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    Expression is teh roxor
    <p>

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