The need for a front-end or ui developer

As I am working on a windows app UI, rather then a typical web UI, it is becoming very apparent to me the need for a front-end developer.  A front-end developer is the guy who programs the UI elements and interactions.  In the web that’s the html/css guru.  But in the windows world there’s not really a common equivalent.  So what ends up happening is you get stuck with the canned controls that come with visual studio.  The canned controls are great and based on universal needs, but in web UI you get used to the flexibility of designing a UI to an exact interaction situation.  Canned controls don’t let you do that, I find them too limiting.  Especially because I know there is not a front-end guy who will correctly interpret what I design into a finished UI.

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