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So I ran into the same problem on Chrome as everyone else, but I fired up Firefox (something I'm increasingly trying to avoid) to give this a try. I'm not compl
by ABrandt 16y ago
So I ran into the same problem on Chrome as everyone else, but I fired up Firefox (something I'm increasingly trying to avoid) to give this a try. I'm not completely non-technical, but my coding ability is quite limited. I've tried just about every visual programming platform out there and have yet to find something truly intuitive. AppCanvas is no exception (sorry for the bluntness) but I see a lot of potential in it.
Non-coders want to put as little effort into development as possible. Otherwise they'd be, well--developers. Starting with a blank canvas and the ability to add little widgets seems like a rather common sense approach to this kind of thing right? It confuses the hell out of us. How do you turn this blank screen into an actual application.
Of course education and intuitive UI will help with all of this, but I think you could also benefit by having a better understanding of how non-coders think about software design. I believe it was patio11 who made the comment that visual programming's greatest downfall is that it simply addresses the syntax. The designer still needs to understand the logic and data structures driving the whole thing. For example, I wouldn't just intuitively know that when I sign into a service, I become an object of the 'User' class based on a series of logical tests. This stuff matters.
As I said before though, I actually am excited about the potential of this project. I think you're aware of the issues I raised, you just need to iterate(again, and again, and again!). My email is in my profile, please drop me a line whenever you need feedback from a potential user.