Wow, Metro inspired?

I really like it!

But wasn't there a web interface?

Looking very nice, I do like the Metro UI, is this a web based still or have you implemented it Silverlight/WPF?

I don't really like it. I'm sorry, it looks like a really bad flash website to me. The Prof interface is much nicer IMO.

Looks nice, but I'd like to get a nice color palette like in the Uber Prof :P

I like it! Looks a bit like the Zune software UI, with the less-is-more, let-the-UI-get-out-of-the-way idea.

One of screenshots contains button "Save" the other contains icon of diskette. I would recommend to stick with one or the other. (I would prefer "Save" because my kids doesn't even know what diskette is but it is well established icon.)

Very Nice!! I've been thinking about RavenDB lately for some upcoming work too.

Further nitpick, the vertical alignments are also inconsistant (for example, "ID" in the second pic v. "name" in the third pic).

Consistency is paramount in good UI development.

@ Steve - The ID is referring to a document and the Name is referring to an Index. They are different concepts, so the inconsistency is actually consistent ;)

@Jarf - Steve isn't talking about the inconsistently in naming - but the inconsistency in element (label/textbox) alignment between screens.

@Jarf,

As Simon pointed out, that is not what I meant. I meant layout. "ID" is valign top and "name" is valign bottom.

Other problems I see off the top of my head, Text Areas are handled differently in Pic 2 and Pic 3 as well (pic 3 is better IMO). I'm also not thrilled about the customize buttons being below "customize" and almost touching "field".

All nitpick-ish I know, but things that would drive me crazy.

What's that thing above the red X on the last image? What's it supposed to do?

What Silverlight editor control are you using? Have you seen the Actipro one? It has IntelliSense and QuickInfo and a bunch of other features.

www.actiprosoftware.com/.../default.aspx

Love the Metro style on top, but I think the icons are not in sync with the idea: rounded corners, bright colors and cartoony look don't go so well with Metro.

I like the new look. Though I'm surprised no one has commented on the obvious abbreviation for Raven DB Management Studio => RDBMS. :-)

Looks excciting but too many fonts spoil the appearance.

Will the index screen of this UI include creating/editing of the TransformResults part of an index? This would be really useful.

I can't see where can I do patch operations ... are they part of current release ?

The UI is looking good for now, but I think that you're missing one fundamental point.

The zune-like UI is implemented in Zune. Zune is a multimedia software and using it is entertaining. On the other hand, your software is a data-intensive application which should be used easily and practically.

You cannot use big font with data intensive applications, you cannot use any fancy-looking UI (even if it gives an impression of being clean and minimal - but part from that minimalism is the space between elements) to an application where the most important aspect is the data that it presents, not the joy of using it.

Try to look at the available data-intensive apps and try to use the "standard" (or the data-centric) ones and compare that with the fancier and more exotic counterparts and you'll see.

Nice, but too fancy for a DB Admin app. Moreover, since its all about the .Net Eco System, I was wondering if there was a Visual Studio Plugin to do the DB Admin stuff, which may also harness some if its editing features... say IntelliSense :)