All I know is, the BIAB GUI looks very old. I don't think it has changed since the very first Windows BIAB, I believe for Windows 3.1. (I started with BIAB before that, with the DOS versions.) Other apps do not look the same as 20+ years ago, but BIAB does. It never even graduated to Windows 95. (In fact, it took quite a while after the long file names feature which began with Win95, to be usable with BIAB.) (Not a problem, but another hold-over from pre-Win95. Win95 introduced the "Program Files" folder, in which since then, 1995, almost all Windows programs have been installed. Except for PGMusic apps, which still install by default in the root directory, as in DOS and Windows 3.1. This change in Windows was made more than 16 years ago, yet PG Music never made that change.) (Not that I mind that aspect (root directory installation), but it is another indication of an app that never modernized.) Even the fact that the default directories are still called BB, RB, PT, rather than Band-In-A-Box, Real Band, and Power Tracks, is a throwback to the short file names days. Yes, BIAB is very retro. (Which could carry a certain nostalgia factor, for the early days of computing.)

Not only the program's GUI, but the documentation looks exactly the same as the very first DOS BIAB. Same thin blue book. One thing I have never found very strong about BIAB is its user manuals, not clear and easy to read, etc. Compare them for example, with the user namuals of Cakewalk and Sonar, which come with much better manuals. (OK, many apps these days do not come with a paper manual at all, but only electronic. But compare the BIAB paper manuals with those of other apps that do include them. ANd even the electronic manuals from BIAB are not as readable as others.) IT is surprising that the form and looks of the documentation has not changed one bit since the very first BIAB.

Not only looks though. Some bugs reported and complained about for decades have still not been fixed--for isntance the ability to have more than one chord change per beat. Limitations like that do not seem to get fixed, but only more features (and hundreds more realtracks) seem to be added.

Yes, BIAB is way overdue for a makeover.

There are some good things about BIAB though, that I am glad never changed. For isntance, for support, one can interact on these forums directly with the creators and programmers of the app, even with the CEO, Peter Gannon. Whereas "support" for many software companies these days, consists of, after calling and waiting for hours on hold, then finally reaching a human being, a person in India or China who is difficult to understand, and who knows nothing about the product. With some companies you have to pay to get any support at all. So kudos to PG, for retaining its good support.