Re: It always makes me smile...
"You will have to position every object yourself, in code, adjust every setting yourself, in code, constantly look up the settings for objects"
I'm talking about programming, you seem to be talking about carpentry. I don't think I've ever "positioned" an object in code or modified any "settings" unless you mean constructor parameters and not gas mark 5.
"but at least you'll be able to move things pixel by pixel, manually."
Can't say I've ever had to worry about that when writing network or data processing code.
"The VS IDE isn't perfect, but for software requiring a visual interface"
Which is a minority of software development in business enviroments.