You know, a lot of people give .NET a lot of scuff for being a bloated language (insert 15 other insults here) but it really CAN work well for applications in a professional environment. But then again it is always about what computer language you know the best.
That being said I also think Delphi is another great alternative! I personally have never used it but I have seen a lot of applications that I admire admit to using it for development.
This is an interesting idea. Have you consulted the keyboard and mouse enthusiast groups? There are two well known groups to propose the idea to, the local experts would definitely have some insight:
Increase the number of saved stories one can save. For some reason I can only save 75 stories on this account, all of the ones I have saved for the last month or so never got recognized on my account.