http://blogs.msdn.com/adrianvinca/archive/tags/News/default.aspxTags: NewsenCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/adrianvinca/archive/2007/01/31/expression-blend-beta-2-is-available-for-download.aspxWed, 31 Jan 2007 12:42:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1564077adrianvinca0http://blogs.msdn.com/adrianvinca/comments/1564077.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/adrianvinca/commentrss.aspx?PostID=1564077<P>The new version can be donloaded from <A class="" href="http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/expression-blend/try.mspx" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/expression-blend/try.mspx">here</A>. Here are some of the changes:</P> <UL> <LI>Drag &amp; drop to instantiate resources from the resources panel</LI> <LI>Better exception handling in the user code</LI> <LI>Better exception displayed in the scene: now you can investigate the InnerException, which, in many cases, will give more hints about what was the cause of the exception</LI> <LI>Font previews</LI> <LI>Many bugs fixes</LI></UL><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1564077" width="1" height="1">Expression BlendNewshttp://blogs.msdn.com/adrianvinca/archive/2006/12/04/expression-blend-goes-beta.aspxMon, 04 Dec 2006 22:35:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1207488adrianvinca0http://blogs.msdn.com/adrianvinca/comments/1207488.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/adrianvinca/commentrss.aspx?PostID=1207488<P>And it's coming with&nbsp;lots of&nbsp;new features, a completely new UI, and... a new name (previously it was known as Expression Interactive Designer)!</P> <P><A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/photos/adrianvinca/picture1207371.aspx" target=_blank mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/photos/adrianvinca/picture1207371.aspx"><IMG src="http://blogs.msdn.com/photos/adrianvinca/images/1207371/482x375.aspx" border=0 mce_src="http://blogs.msdn.com/photos/adrianvinca/images/1207371/482x375.aspx"></A></P> <P>You may find more <A class="" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/expression/archive/2006/12/04/announcing-the-microsoft-expression-blend-beta.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/expression/archive/2006/12/04/announcing-the-microsoft-expression-blend-beta.aspx">details</A> on the <A class="" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/expression" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/expression">Expression Team Blog</A>.</P> <P>But wait, there is more! A new CTP of <A class="" href="http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/Expression-Design/default.mspx" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/Expression-Design/default.mspx">Expression&nbsp;Design</A> is available and... the final version of <A class="" href="http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/Expression-Web/default.mspx" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/Expression-Web/default.mspx">Expression Web</A>! Also, a new&nbsp;member of&nbsp;the Expression family (<A class="" href="http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/expression-studio/default.mspx" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/expression-studio/default.mspx">Expression Studio</A>)&nbsp;was announced today: <A class="" href="http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/Expression-Media/default.mspx" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/Expression-Media/default.mspx">Expression Media</A>!</P> <P>And... don't forget to check out the new <A class="" href="http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/default.mspx" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/default.mspx">Expression website</A>&nbsp;for more details!</P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1207488" width="1" height="1">Expression BlendNewsExpressionhttp://blogs.msdn.com/adrianvinca/archive/2006/03/10/547967.aspxFri, 10 Mar 2006 04:05:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:547967adrianvinca0http://blogs.msdn.com/adrianvinca/comments/547967.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/adrianvinca/commentrss.aspx?PostID=547967<P>Your wait is over! The March CTP version of <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/interactive_designer/default.mspx">Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer</a> is available for download.&nbsp;The download&nbsp;instructions are available on the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/expression">Expression Blog</a> <A HREF="/expression/archive/2006/03/09/543851.aspx">here</A>.</P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=547967" width="1" height="1">Expression BlendNewsExpressionDesigner Toolshttp://blogs.msdn.com/adrianvinca/archive/2006/02/23/537512.aspxThu, 23 Feb 2006 05:20:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:537512adrianvinca2http://blogs.msdn.com/adrianvinca/comments/537512.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/adrianvinca/commentrss.aspx?PostID=537512<P>The February CTP of the WinFX Runtime Compoments is available for download.</P> <P><STRONG>Note: </STRONG>The current version of Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer doesn't support the new version of the WinFX runtime. For more details click <A HREF="/expression/archive/2006/02/22/537105.aspx">here</A>.</P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=537512" width="1" height="1">Windows Presentation FoundationNewshttp://blogs.msdn.com/adrianvinca/archive/2006/02/23/537501.aspxThu, 23 Feb 2006 05:17:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:537501adrianvinca4http://blogs.msdn.com/adrianvinca/comments/537501.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/adrianvinca/commentrss.aspx?PostID=537501Here is an interesting article presenting some of the cool WinFx features: <BR> <A href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/building/presentation/default.aspx?pull=/msdnmag/issues/06/01/windowspresentationfoundation/default.aspx">Top Ten UI Development Breakthroughs In Windows Presentation Foundation</A><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=537501" width="1" height="1">Windows Presentation FoundationNews