>IMHO grids are hard to harness. But if you can harness, there is no other control in VFP as powerfull as it is (as BROWSE is maybe the most powerfull command of FoxPro at all times - wish grids could have all power of a browse and added upon it). I wouldn't discourage using grids for data entry (and even would encourage:) but I know I'm in minority as well.
>PS: Due to grids' power, in my applications, generally there isn't Top/Prev/Next/Last navigation buttons at all and users love seeing their data in grids and quickly navigating/sorting etc.

I provide both navigation buttons and a grid. The nav buttons work whether on the grid or on the data entry page(s).