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Graphical programming languages
Raised as a usability problem by 4 people on Hacker News over 13 years (2009–2021), in 4 threads.
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No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Building programs graphically is slow because it requires mouse work and layoutUnreviewed
20092026- Building programs through graphical interfaces is slow because it requires mouse work and layout2018-10-03
- Building large visual programs becomes a messy, physically laborious chore that people skip2016-02-21
- Graphical programming is so clumsy that clicking through its GUI is unusable2009-04-29
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 4 complaints
- Must click each node and scan long parameter substitution lists to trace data flow2021-06-26
- Building programs through graphical interfaces is slow because it requires mouse work and layout2018-10-03
- Building large visual programs becomes a messy, physically laborious chore that people skip2016-02-21
- Graphical programming is so clumsy that clicking through its GUI is unusable2009-04-29