I'd say Delphi/C++ Builder back then (not sure for now) and nowadays Lazarus are better than VB6 in pretty much all aspects when it comes to RAD tooling. There

I'd say Delphi/C++ Builder back then (not sure for now) and nowadays Lazarus are better than VB6 in pretty much all aspects when it comes to RAD tooling. There are many more controls (and with way more features in them) than VB6 ever had, it has much better functionality for layouts (in VB6 controls do not even have automatic resizing and alignment is limited to "picture" controls - but even that is more limited than even Delphi 1), in VB6 non-visual controls/components (e.g. timer) felt more of an afterthrought and at least in Delphi and Lazarus/Free Pascal the language itself is designed so that any object can in theory be inspected by the object inspector. VB6 was easier to get started with and learn though, but IMO that was because it didn't provide as many features and on that front the earlier VBs (up to VB4, before the new IDE was made) were even easier.