>>WPF is a huge step backward in my opinion. Someday they may advance back to the days when visual development was useful, but what I see now is a giant leap back to the days of hand coding a visual interface a la dbaseIII - with enough @Say commands you eventually get what you need.
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>>WPF is inexcusable AFAIK.
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>How so? I think it's because you haven't used it and don't understand the power that it offers. IMO, those who have switched to it or Silverlight will never go back to WinForms.
>Most people look at it, see the XAML and dismiss it out of hand. Their loss...

I'm reminded of the old saying 'Familiarity breeds contempt'
In this case it seems that the lack of even a glimmer of understanding is capable of achieving the same result (g)