what is the best UI tool with ASP.NET today?

[mb224]

I have been developing with ASP.NET in enterprise applications .. and stuff ... my main problem or feeling of inadequacy has been creating the user interface (UI) to look very professionl.

Webforms (with CSS) though OK don't cut it I think ... in terms of a professional user interface.

What is the best approach to a cool UI .. with my ASP.NET still doing all the processing. Is it a combination of tools and some graphics designer help .. or what?

What tools is used for a site like cnn.com say? What approach can I take for a cool UI?

 

[ca8msm]

Webforms (with CSS) though OK don't cut it I think ... in terms of a professional user interface

I really have to disagree. Have a look at

http://www.csszengarden.com

and tell me that all the different styles that people have created, purely using CSS don't look professional! I really doubt that you can.

Also, just taking a brief look at cnn, they have this in their source:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="[URL unfurl="true"]http://i.cnn.net/cnn/.element/ssi/css/1.3/common.css"[/URL] type="text/css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="[URL unfurl="true"]http://i.cnn.net/cnn/.element/ssi/css/1.3/main.css"[/URL] type="text/css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="[URL unfurl="true"]http://i.cnn.net/cnn/.element/ssi/css/1.3/main_wide.css"[/URL] type="text/css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="[URL unfurl="true"]http://i.cnn.net/cnn/.element/ssi/css/1.3/main_us.css"[/URL] type="text/css">

so they are using CSS as well!


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[jbenson001]

Are you asking how to make something look good? That is a matter of prefernce and opinion. Personally, I am better at programming that making things look good. I have someone else do that. There are standards that most websites and apps follow as to how they are laid out, and flow. The important thing is to make the site intuative. If you want to make it look pretty and aren't good at it like me, as someone for help or check examples on line as ca8msm has pointed out.

JIm

 

[ca8msm]

Personally, I am better at programming that making things look good

Me too! I think that's the hardest part of web design and I leave that up to the graphic designers!


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[jbenson001]

Exactly, if you have a graphics designer that is awsome, and use it to the fullest. We don't have one, but my boss is much better at making things look pretty. I leave that up to him.

 

[bassguy]

If you are a graphix guy, leave the programming to programmers,

If your a programmer leave pretty to the Graphics guys.

I used to think I was O.K. with flash and Photoshop etc. then my company hired a graphics boy, I was embarrassed. I only use those for mock ups n stuff now.

not that I want to plug an old company, but his work is cool.

http://www.reportexec.com/index-intro.html

just my couple of bits


bassguy