Each such VB-influenced tool all had their weak points. But overall they seemed moving in the right direction as each vendor learned from each other's mistakes.

Each such VB-influenced tool all had their weak points. But overall they seemed moving in the right direction as each vendor learned from each other's mistakes. Power-Builder's difficulty in code share-ability was a specific design flaw of the product, not of the general concept, and perhaps fixable on a later version. As far as most business software being "simple and boring", I wouldn't necessarily call it "simple", for the domain rules can get intricate. But it doesn't need buzzwords like blockchain web-scale AI or what not. Desktop GUI's reached a pinnical around the late 90's and web UI's still cannot compete on simplicity and functionality. DOM-based emulators tend to break on browser version updates. We need a dynamic GUI-over-HTTP standard to allow us real GUI's on a browser or browser-like interface. Something like YAML, but more interactive. #MakeGuisGreatAgain!