Comments on: Microsoft’s Expression Web Designer http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/05/microsofts-expression-web-designer/ Tips and Commentary on Web Accessibility, Usability, and Search Marketing best practices. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:27:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Joe Dolson http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/05/microsofts-expression-web-designer/#comment-8959 Joe Dolson Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:59:58 +0000 http://www.joedolson.com/articles/?p=29#comment-8959 It can be a little hard to believe, Brian! I wrote on the sad choice to use Word to render HTML in Outlook a while ago - <a href="http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2007/01/one-step-forward-one-step-back/">One Step Forward, One Step Back</a>. As I've said before, though, I don't think it's a problem with <em>commitment</em> to standards; I think it's more of a communication issue. There's no competent central standards group at Microsoft with oversight on these issues. Possibly, however, <a href="http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2007/01/molly-holzschlag-working-with-internet-explorer/">Molly Holzschlag's influence</a> will be something useful! I'm not holding my breath. It can be a little hard to believe, Brian! I wrote on the sad choice to use Word to render HTML in Outlook a while ago - One Step Forward, One Step Back. As I’ve said before, though, I don’t think it’s a problem with commitment to standards; I think it’s more of a communication issue. There’s no competent central standards group at Microsoft with oversight on these issues.

Possibly, however, Molly Holzschlag’s influence will be something useful!

I’m not holding my breath.

]]> By: Brian Z http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/05/microsofts-expression-web-designer/#comment-8943 Brian Z Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:22:38 +0000 http://www.joedolson.com/articles/?p=29#comment-8943 Maybe <em>Expression</em> was a standards smokescreen?? It only took nine months, if that, for Microsoft to fall back on their standards promise. Yep, they are so committed to standards, they built in <em>Outlook 2007</em> their <em>Microsoft Word</em> HTML rendering engine to render HTML e-mails. It fails to support most of CSS 2. We all would love to believe that Microsoft is committed to standards. Unfortunately, time and time again we see the opposite. When will Microsoft fully wake up? I guess their still experiencing their "wow" with all the blue screens <em>Vista</em> is producing. Maybe Expression was a standards smokescreen??

It only took nine months, if that, for Microsoft to fall back on their standards promise. Yep, they are so committed to standards, they built in Outlook 2007 their Microsoft Word HTML rendering engine to render HTML e-mails. It fails to support most of CSS 2.

We all would love to believe that Microsoft is committed to standards. Unfortunately, time and time again we see the opposite. When will Microsoft fully wake up? I guess their still experiencing their “wow” with all the blue screens Vista is producing.

]]> By: Joe Dolson http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/05/microsofts-expression-web-designer/#comment-21 Joe Dolson Sun, 09 Jul 2006 13:58:12 +0000 http://www.joedolson.com/articles/?p=29#comment-21 Thanks for the update, Cheryl! Thanks for the update, Cheryl!

]]> By: Cheryl D Wise http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/05/microsofts-expression-web-designer/#comment-20 Cheryl D Wise Sun, 09 Jul 2006 05:00:45 +0000 http://www.joedolson.com/articles/?p=29#comment-20 While I do not yet have any accessibility related tutorials on EWD up a FAQ is now available and half a dozen tutorials have been added. The tutorials are a mix of text based and ordo tutorials. Approximately one third of the videos are open captioned and the others will have captioning eventually. Cheryl While I do not yet have any accessibility related tutorials on EWD up a FAQ is now available and half a dozen tutorials have been added. The tutorials are a mix of text based and ordo tutorials. Approximately one third of the videos are open captioned and the others will have captioning eventually. Cheryl

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