>>SNIP
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>>>Visual Studio 2008 WPF experience sucks and is only marginally better than VS 2005, so don't hold off on that behalf.
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>>Do you mean WPF in VS 2008, the technology itself, sucks or were you referring to something else?
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>Designer support for WPF...


OK, thanks.

I have the book by Adam Nathan that you praised and have been doing some studying. I have not done much with even basic XML so this will be a good learning experience.