Multi-person editing of a web site

[steve.ledger]

Bruce XWD uses absolute positioning CSS layout which is 100% W3C valid

Check the source at http://webdesigner.xara.com/
You will see that it is much cleaner and easier to read by a human than the code Xtreme 4 exports.

I gather that Xara do not believe that source editing is a 21st century thing to do

[covoxer]

I gather that Xara do not believe that source editing is a 21st century thing to do

Yes. This is a main point. After all, how many people edit PS files manually nowadays? Or LaTeX? Source codes are for programmers and programs. Not designers for sure.

[Soquili]

Microsoft has made it possible for designers to never see code and for programmers to no longer need to design the interface.

Expression Blend can be used by a designer to create a web interface or a Windows application interface. Expression Web 2 can use the web interface to create a web site. Visual Studio 2008 can use the output from Expression Blend to create a Windows application.

Xara Web Designer can do many of the same features of the web abilities of Expression Blend.