[__void]

never heard of it but this vaguely reminds me of labview (still widely used in factory infrastructure and R&D)

another similar environment that 20 years ago I thought would become the new desktop/programming metaphor is vvvv[0]

[0] https://vvvv.org/

[msephton]

Increasing that LabVIEW was created around the same time. I can see some similarities in the visual programming. The 80s were such a fertile time!

vvvv looks cool, it's just a shame they promote the output (views of exhibitions etc) rather than the tool itself. I tried to find information and screenshots of it, but failed and gave up.

[__void]

yes, [in vvvv] they've changed the site many times (it's an early 2000s project) and in the current iteration it's more commercial than technical...

however there used to be screenshots[0]! always praise be to the wayback machine

ah and there is also a javascript version[1]!

apparently they've also changed the colours of the environment, it used to be in light shades of grey now it looks all dark mode (which I personally detest and find illegible)

[0]http://web.archive.org/web/20170111184727/https://vvvv.org/s...

[1]http://www.vvvvjs.com/start