expression january ctp
http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/interactive_designer/id_free_trial.aspx
the new version is crazy further along than the last one. this thing is crazy. you can edit c# code WITHIN it and COMPILE it. i guess this means they are going for flashes throat for real now.
it also uses all the scalable winfx gui now and it is SLOW. yep, dx9 and state changes are not friends.
i wonder if this is the direction ms will head with for vs9. it seems way too complicated for artist dudes.