Microsoft Unveils Expression Family of Designer Tools

September 14th 2005 | Microsoft

New tools to accelerate business opportunity by reducing the complexity and cost of delivering richer user experiences on the Web and Windows Vista platform.

LOS ANGELES Sept. 14, 2005 Today at the Microsoft Professional Developer Conference 2005 (PDC05), Eric Rudder, senior vice president, Servers and Tools at Microsoft Corp., introduced Microsoft Expression, a family of professional tools for the design and production of enhanced user experiences and rich content for the Web and Windows Vista platform.

The announced products and their code names are Expression code-named “Acrylic Graphic Designer,” a painting, illustration and effects tool for creating graphic designs; Expression code-named “Sparkle Interactive Designer,” a user-interface design tool for modern application development using the Windows® Presentation Foundation; and Expression code-named “Quartz Web Designer,” a layout and design tool for creating Web sites.

• Microsoft Expression family Web site
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Microsoft Unveils Expression Family of Designer Tools
Published in: Microsoft on 2005-09-14