Must be something in the water. Here’s an experienced designer ranting about Expression Blend and WPF. My favorite quote:
I think the message of Blend has some nice takes, but in the end the whole concept of [the] Designer <> Developer processes to me is always couched in developer controlled languages which is Blend’s ultimate failing. [...]
Category Archives: Dynamic Media
Humorous Microsoft Rant of the Day…
22May08 – 19:02
The Death of Television?
18Mar08 – 10:23
For many years, we’ve been hearing about how Tivo and Premium Cable TV were killing broadcast TV (though honestly the “invention” of reality TV didn’t help either). But lately I’ve been noticing a sea change among early adopters which may mean that the end is near for both broadcast TV and the cable/satellite systems. That [...]
Aperture 2.0 released
12Feb08 – 12:09
This is all over the place. Apple has dropped the price $100 and improved the UI. Curious to see whether pro photographers think it is now better than Lightroom or not. Here’s John Gruber’s succinct summary over on Daring Fireball:
Streamlined (read: “better”) interface, significant performance improvements (read: “Aperture 1 was slow”), and much more. $199, [...]
New, awesome version of Acrobat Connect released
07Dec07 – 16:51
Adobe has just released a new preview release of Acrobat Connect, a.k.a. BRIO beta. I can’t claim any credit for its design or development, much to my chagrin. But it is a kissing cousin of SHARE beta, as you can see from the UI design similarities:
BRIO beta is chock full of user interface innovations that [...]
