"I would agree that design view is great for a very new beginner but for someone who has got at least 2+ years of RIA experience, s/he wouldn't want to get into the business of dragging and dropping controls just like how it was done back in VB days."
I have the same opinion. I never used design view. With MXML it is really easy to do layouts. But when it comes down to pure AS, I find it hard.
