I started out making GUIs in Java. It was definitely harder to make reasonable, good looking, UIs in it than it is in a web stack. There are WYSIWYGs for the we

I started out making GUIs in Java. It was definitely harder to make reasonable, good looking, UIs in it than it is in a web stack. There are WYSIWYGs for the web too. Doesn't mean they're good to use. I guess it all comes down to opinion. Clearly the Java model of GUIs maps better to your mind and the web model of GUIs maps better to mine.