>>>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...
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>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)


Its almost deja vu. I remember the JVP switch to .net to be ahead of the game.... same thing is playing out now, but with silverlight/wpf instead, with the same excuses and lack of insight as before.