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March 2008 - Posts

MIX 08 Expression Web Session
Title of the session is CompĀ  CSS, Code. It started with a video then went into who is the target audience. The “person” profit is “Anna” a 28 year old, standards compliant html & CSS in a “loft” agency in Seattle using PHP for dynamic intent and JavaScript. AJAX. Reads a variety of web design and [...]
Expression Web Version 2 Beta 1
Is Now Available! To download and install the Expression Web 2 Beta, go to: http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/download.aspx?key=web2beta So what is new? PHP, Silverlight, and ASP.NET AJAX Stacked with new features, Expression Web 2 provides For PHP : PHP syntax highlighting and IntelliSense. Expression Web 2 lets you preview PHP pages locally using the same development server [...]
MIX 08 Keynote Part 2
I had to leave the keynote to deal with a few phone calls but when I went bade into the room of was all Silverlight 2 and Some very kewl mobile apps since not only will Windows Mobile  6 support Silverlight but Nokia has partnered with Microsoft to bring Silverlight to Nokia and other symbols [...]
MIX 08 Keynote
For me the highlight of the first day keynote so far has the astral working preview of IE 8. The developers toolbar is becoming much more useful. Open specification format has been released for web slices under Microsoft’s open source licensing to make it easier for connecting web apps to websites using slices. Demoed options include [...]
MlX 08 The Beginning
Earlier today after checking into my hotel I strolled over and picked up my badge for MIX 08. I went into the sandbox area to see what was going on. People were already putting up topics for Open Space - community driven sessions. they had two of the "Microsoft Surface" table tops on display but sadly [...]