The only reason I don't use Access as the front end is the fact that I hate the Forms Designer for Access. I have been unable to figure out how the form sizes work. Access works in inches. How that breaks down to pixels I am not sure. Thus, I have not spent a ton of time working with the Access designer, or doing any research on it. I also dislike the rather small selection of controls it has to offer. Some, for me, are awkward to work with.

Using Visual Basic.NET, for me, is a lot easier, quicker, and opens up a lot more doors for a better looking product. I could do the forms in Access, but prefer not to.

I hope that answers your question.