http://ayende.comAyende @ RahienCopyright (C) Ayende Rahien 2004 - 2021 (c) 202660These guys are good: http://www.iprinciples.com/ http://ayende.com/111617/looking-for-a-xaml-expert#comment10http://ayende.com/111617/looking-for-a-xaml-expert#comment10Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:33:21 GMTHave you taken a look at the the UI for Mongo VUE? http://www.mongovue.com/ I think they have got an awesome UI and is really nice to work with :)http://ayende.com/111617/looking-for-a-xaml-expert#comment9http://ayende.com/111617/looking-for-a-xaml-expert#comment9Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:06:05 GMTJack & Adam, Put simply, HTML5 doesn't have the facilities to provide us with a maintainable software solution. We had an HTML + JS system previously, and it got _very_ hard to maintain very quickly. In comparison, using Siverlight gives us C$ .NET and Resharperhttp://ayende.com/111617/looking-for-a-xaml-expert#comment8http://ayende.com/111617/looking-for-a-xaml-expert#comment8Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:45:20 GMTYes, I second this... why not HTML5? No bais, but we have recently had this discussion for a product of ours - its a curly argument.http://ayende.com/111617/looking-for-a-xaml-expert#comment7http://ayende.com/111617/looking-for-a-xaml-expert#comment7Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:42:22 GMTWhy not HTML5?http://ayende.com/111617/looking-for-a-xaml-expert#comment6http://ayende.com/111617/looking-for-a-xaml-expert#comment6Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:32:23 GMTA Xaml expert is exactly what you need. A designer would be handy for UX and actualy design but there are few designers who understand how to use Blend and fewer still good programmers who understand how to use blend properly. I've found that its imperative to get the raw adobe illustrator (ai) files from designers (not pdf/jpeg/png - these are only good for a preview of the design). A xaml expert understands how to properly setup their resources, styles and templates in an efficient and (more importantly) Blendable fashion.http://ayende.com/111617/looking-for-a-xaml-expert#comment5http://ayende.com/111617/looking-for-a-xaml-expert#comment5Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:45:29 GMT@Winston -- they aren't mutually exclusive either so that statement isn't universally true.http://ayende.com/111617/looking-for-a-xaml-expert#comment4http://ayende.com/111617/looking-for-a-xaml-expert#comment4Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:10:35 GMTWhile we have a really good XAML-expert in our company, we always hire a designer that create views and dialogs in InDesign and sends us some PDFs that we can implement.http://ayende.com/111617/looking-for-a-xaml-expert#comment3http://ayende.com/111617/looking-for-a-xaml-expert#comment3Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:27:34 GMT> Looking for a XAML expert > We are working on the new version of RavenDB Studio, and it has became clear very quickly that while we might be good in producing software, we are most certainly not good at making it look Well there's your problem. You're not even looking for the right person. An expert in XAML != an expert in usability & design.http://ayende.com/111617/looking-for-a-xaml-expert#comment2http://ayende.com/111617/looking-for-a-xaml-expert#comment2Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:08:45 GMTHmm, you're actually looking for a designer... (walks away in gloom)http://ayende.com/111617/looking-for-a-xaml-expert#comment1http://ayende.com/111617/looking-for-a-xaml-expert#comment1Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:05:41 GMT