Funds for that are usually not available with my stuff - my customers are usually tech savvy enough to create the basic layout they need, which is mostly defined by functional groups of data being entered/viewed together. And I want to keep the discussion rounds as small as possible ;-)

>UI has always been troubling for me. I give it my best shot but I suspect I am like many developers in not being good at it. Ideally every software project would have the budget to hire an actual graphic designer and leave us to the nuts and bolts.
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>>UI questions carry for me some danger of analysis paralysis as well. My strategy is to firmly try to pass such questions early on to the customer. Similar with devices: design a loosely coupled approach that you can tear apart and set together in another structure using small and big blocks as late time device and design change wishes are part of the game - at least with my brand of customers.
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>>>I am glad they don't block javascript. jQuery is an invaluable in web design (IMHO).
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>>>Interesting that when I started this project I thought that the database and business would be the hardest part. Now, I am basically done with the database and business logic and struggling with UI. Every time I see a nicely designed web page, I am thinking of changing my UI to "copy" them <g>
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