Constructive Criticism

I’m not going to MIX09, but Darren is, and he’s planning to hang out with some Expression people, so he asked Jules (our visual designer) and I to write out some feedback on our experiences with the suite. “Fun,” I thought, thinking I’d come up with a rushed list of three complaints. I later learned that providing feedback on a product that is kind of great but is lacking in a lot of areas is great fun after a cocktail or two. I think it came out mostly constructive, but I’ll have to proof that email again tomorrow.

I cut the whole suite a lot of slack, though, since I feel like all of the version numbers are about one too high. Silverlight / Expression v1 should have been marked as a “tech preview” or something. v2 feels like a really good v1, and it’s already an indispensable tool, even if it has a way to go.