I'd say ui designer is convenient at the cost of potentially adding cruft, again not much different than using say dreamweaver. I've been doing WPF for a the p

I'd say ui designer is convenient at the cost of potentially adding cruft, again not much different than using say dreamweaver. I've been doing WPF for a the past year, and I've learned to just edit XAML manually while staring at the designer for instant feedback.