>> Well I doubt it's the visual environment that makes it more easy, >> color, shape and position can give some extra information though. >> I think apriori domain knowledge and flattness of information are of far >> more importance. >> The first issue is covered quit well by Robolab / Labview, >> but the second issue certainly is not. >> I'm right now working on a Labview like editor in Python, >> which does obey the demand for flatness of information. >> The first results can be seen >> here:http://oase.uci.kun.nl/~mientki/data_www/pylab_works/pw_animations_sc... >> >> >> cheers, >> Stef Mientki >> >> >>> And you are going to teach them Java? Oh, please don't. Let the >>> colleges torture them. :=) >>> > > What do you mean by flatness of information? > > What I mean is something like; all the information at a certain abstraction level is visible on one screen or one piece of paper, and not is available through multiple screen / multiple right-clicks etc. A wizard in general is an example of strong non-flatness of information (try adding a mail-account in Thunderbird, this could easily be put on 1 page, which clearly would give a much better overview).
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