Visual Basic GUIs were suitable for internal apps and tools and indeed easy to develop but that’s about it. There were many shortcomings to this technology and

Visual Basic GUIs were suitable for internal apps and tools and indeed easy to develop but that’s about it. There were many shortcomings to this technology and commercial apps werent built in VB. Their simplicity and ease of use are only useful as a contrast to today’s landscape. However, so many things have changed too, desktops not only try to be tablets, the web took the center stage and UI design also has become a confused mishmash of ideas.