This post from Mike Harsh is just another in the ongoing debate - whether developers should invest in Windows Forms or wait for Avalon? Mike makes several good points here. One day later Dan Appleman adds more to the story.

 

Here's my take... First of all, I think WinForms are here to stay for several years at least. My reasons are somewhat complementary to the reasons of above mentioned bloggers.

 

I think that one of the biggest problems developers will face with Avalon is that it's going to be very hard for users to adapt. Avalon changes so many things on so many levels and moves into 3D. It doesn't matter if it's easy for me to build an app if users are going to be confused as to where to click and what to do. New UI will bring it's own standards and rules and these will get adopted slowly and over time, both by programmers and users.

 

We have to have someting familiar like WinForms during this time.

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