>Mike:
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>>Not surprising, there are many people out there who KNOW BETTER (don't mean you) and opt for a non-standard Windows interface so that THEY can do it better than the Windows standards. I work for such an organization.
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>Read About Face and The Inmates are Running the Asylum by Cooper. It may give you some ideas why the standard is not always the way to go.
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>Sometimes we forget that we design UI for people...

We are, sometimes, forced to keep Windows Guidelines in mind, not people.
Data entry is dead, long live data tabby!