RE: Expression Web

2013-09-15 Thread Sam Lai
I think they saw/foresaw that market disappear thanks to web apps and services like Wordpress, Blogger and other 'CMS as a service' sites. To be honest, it has probably made the web a nicer looking and more accessible place, lowering the barrier to entry substantially. For the rest who prefer

Re: Expression Web

2013-09-15 Thread Scott Barnes
Moreover Adobe won.. really the core issue with Expression product line was it was built to take on Adobe to try and win over the hearts minds of designers to the Microsoft tribe. Its why you'll search anything related to Silverlight/WPF/Expression between 2007-2009 usually has an Adobe or

Re: Expression Web

2013-09-15 Thread Scott Barnes
FYI: The Product Manager (just one) for Expression Web (Ed - previously Adobe Dreamweaver) was one of the smarterst minds in devdiv and the team writing the code behind that product were also equally up to the smarts.. so for me I always wondered why so much great talent got mothballed... The

Re: Expression Web

2013-09-15 Thread Joseph Cooney
Interesting point of history - expression web used to be called..drum roll Microsoft FrontPage. On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 7:57 PM, Scott Barnes scott.bar...@gmail.comwrote: FYI: The Product Manager (just one) for Expression Web (Ed - previously Adobe Dreamweaver) was one of the smarterst

Re: Code commenting

2013-09-15 Thread Corneliu I. Tusnea
If it was hard to write it should be hard to read :) Why comment? On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Davy Jones djones...@gmail.com wrote: Hello If you are doing this in code. It points to the fact that someone is not pulling their weight. Code should not have comments. If you need them to

Re: Code commenting

2013-09-15 Thread mike smith
Just run it thru an obfuscator before committing it On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Corneliu I. Tusnea corne...@acorns.com.auwrote: If it was hard to write it should be hard to read :) Why comment? On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Davy Jones djones...@gmail.com wrote: Hello If you are

RE: Expression Web

2013-09-15 Thread Ian Thomas
Is the Blend jumble still in a state of flux? At this page http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/expression the following points to a link that is not available today - Additionally a Preview version of Blend for Visual Studio 2012 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=261803 that supports

Re: Expression Web

2013-09-15 Thread Scott Barnes
I've not heard anything that indicates yes, the true marker for this will be Nov when VS2013 RTW's (if that date is even still current) if after that its not released then doubtful it will leave that state. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Ian

Dev looking for BA role

2013-09-15 Thread Michael Anderson
Hi guys, I'm an experienced Melbourne based .Net Developer that's looking to move across to the Business/Technical Analyst space. I just wonder if anyone would have an opening? I've got great analytical skills, great communication skills and have helped deliver different projects in different

RE: Expression Web

2013-09-15 Thread David Kean
VS 2012 Update 2 adds RTM support for WPF + SL. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Scott Barnes Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 7:42 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Expression Web I've not heard anything that indicates yes, the true marker for