http://blogs.msdn.com/davidtr/archive/2005/09/14/466274.aspxAt this week’s PDC, one of the major messages that I want to convey is the importance of the user experience in the design and development of modern applications. As the Web and the Internet have made great strides in connectivity and communication, andenCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/davidtr/archive/2005/09/14/466274.aspx#466308Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:39:05 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:466308PatriotBAt the same time, great care must be taken to maintain consistency and adherence to Windows UI guidelines. Expression and WPF make it way too easy to make an app that clashes terribly with the Vista guidelines...http://blogs.msdn.com/davidtr/archive/2005/09/14/466274.aspx#8471729Thu, 08 May 2008 16:16:52 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8471729microhoo<p>I don't think there is any new or innovative concept in the strategy Dave mentioned. I respect all persistent improvement around UX that miscrosoft did past years, but as for high-speed evolutional Web era, it is not enough. Microsoft need to reflect upon changing era. &nbsp;you should shift your direction to reaction the open Web era. &nbsp;</p> <p>Just emphasizing &quot;User Experience is at the center&quot;? &nbsp;any plan? &nbsp;Put &quot;developers and designers working together&quot;? come on, what if they both lost innovative energy? &nbsp;&quot;Make great UX easy to create&quot;, helo, we users have tools far better than picture/image maker of microsoft. And yes, we need solid platform. But what about UI integration? How to embed a image or picture into a application easily, I must say doing it with Visual Studio is not good idea. </p>