Quote Originally Posted by jmcilhinney
The Codebank on this site may have some pointers, but I'm sure you could find various related articles and the like on The Code Project site.

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Just keep in mind that the average user doesn't want glitz and glamour. They want ease of use and functionality. A form with a little extra is not such a bad thing but I'd recommend you don't go overboard. That's a trap a lot of web sites fall into and they become unusable.
That's right. I prefer plain old windows on my XP machines here, and if I get a piece of software, with all those round buttons, colors and stuff, I will be tempted to throw it out.

I suggest you go with Windows Themes, so your forms are "fancy" if the user want it. There's a 3rd party tool for that I used in the past, as MS's UseXPStyles (cannot remember now) had some problems back then. Ask around