14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft released to web the second service pack for Expression Web 3 on April 6th, 2010. Yesterday, I told you that downloads of Expression Web 3 SP2 Build 3.0.3816.0 went live and provided the necessary links. Following the RTW of the service pack, Microsoft has also provided additional information on just what the second major upgrade for Expression Web 3 brings to the table. According to the software giant, the focus of Expression Web 3 SP2 was placed on delivering bug fixes, but also improvements to the application across the table and SuperPreview enhancements.
The previous service pack for Expression Web 3 was offered in the second half of 2009, five months ahead of SP2. Microsoft explains that Service Pack 2 can be installed on top of Expression Web 3 version 3.0.1762.0 and 3.0.1773.0, but also Expression Web 3 SP1 3.0.3813.0. Following integration, the build number of the development tool will be bumped to 3.0.3816.0.
A member of the Expression team has enumerated the changes in “Expression Web 3 SP2:
“- The SuperPreview feature now supports Firefox 3.6. If Firefox 3.6 is installed on your computer, it will be available in SuperPreview.
“- When editing PHP files, you may have been asked to update related hyperlinks on the page. If you did so, some PHP tags may have been removed. PHP tags are no longer removed when you update related hyperlinks.
“- When you renamed a PDF file from the Folder List panel, the PDF file became corrupted and could not be opened. PDF files now save normally.
“- Expression Web 3 would crash if the list-style-image property was used in a CSS file. Using the list-style-image property in a CSS file no longer causes Expression Web to crash.
“- SuperPreview sometimes crashed while launching because of a problem that occurred when locating Firefox on your computer. SuperPreview no longer crashes while locating Firefox.”
Expression Web 3 Service Pack 2 (SP2) is available for download here.
Microsoft Expression Studio 3 Trial is available for download here.
Microsoft Expression Web 3 Trial is available for download here.
Microsoft Expression Blend 3 + SketchFlow Trial is available for download here.
Microsoft Expression Design 3 Trial is available for download here.
Microsoft Expression Encoder 3 is available for download here.