No Expression Web Designer at MIX? The reason...

It’s fascinating, not to say immensely heartening, to see all the speculation arising from the fact that we won’t be shipping a CTP of Expression Web Designer at our MIX Conference in Las Vegas. It’s heartening because the whole team is excited that so many people can’t wait to get their hands on the code! I read the speculation in this article on Microsoft Watch with great interest and thought I’d try to post a clear reason for the delay. As any attendee at MIX who chooses to attend my session with Linda Weinman will see, Expression Web Designer is an awesome program, packed with features that people are going to love. I won’t list them out here, check out the Expression website for more. What I will say is that we do want you to play with a CTP as soon as we can. We hoped it would have been at MIX, it just didn’t quite come together. We’re close, real close, but there were some stability issues with the codebase that we really wanted to iron out. We didn’t want you to overlook the cool features because of a little instability. Rest assured, we’re working flat out to bring you the bits just as soon as we can.

Dr. Neil's Adventures: The HiTech Hobo: Another Sunny Sunday Breakfast

And just to prove that I am indeed down under, here's proof from Dr. Neil himself. I have to say, Sydney is an incredible city that has to be experienced. I've been made most welcome by too many folk to mention, but to name a few apart from the good Dr, I'm met up with Dave Glover, Finula Crowe, Scott Fletcher, Kasthuri Pathma-Nathan all from Microsoft and Regional Director Adam Cogan. Thanks to all of you!