This article makes some very good points about the design of a user interface.
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/application-mistakes.html
Great article. A definite bookmark for future reference again! Thanks Charles.
If you want a state-of-the art user interface, take a look here:
http://www.infragistics.com/dotnet/netadvantage/winforms.aspx#Overview
I am not sure this can easily be used with PB however :-(.
We use controls from www.devexpress.com
They seem to work very hard to improve their controls.
The update rate lately was amazing and controls are really thorough.
I have only seen a few of the ASP.NET controls like their grid, pivotgrid(!) and schedule control (and a few ordinary things like panels)
The gridstuff is *really* dynamic, grouping by dragging a column onto the top bar.
Sum, count and such.
If you are doing this for a job, you may consider to check their demo's.
http://demos.devexpress.com/ASPxPivotGridDemos/SampleReports/ProductReports.aspx
Is it only controls, or do they also deliver a complete "Windows Framework" (this is something like a predefined collection of Splittterbars)?