Aug
28
A first preview of the next version of Microsoft Expression Blend, called Blend 2 is available at the Microsoft Download Center. This preview version allows you to create Silverlight 1.0-based applications. Microsoft Expression Design can export content in a format that can be used in Blend 2 August Preview for creating Silverlight-based applications.
Among the new features is the support for Visual Studio 2008. WPF projects and solutions created in Blend 2 August Preview are Visual Studio 2008 projects and solutions, if .NET Framework 3.5 is installed. Of course you can still open and work with projects created with Microsoft Blend or Visual Studio 2005.
For a complete list of the new features visit the product download page.
