I wonder if graphical programming languages might find a use case on tablets.
Inspired by seeing Turtle Art at the OLPC desk yesterday, with a touch screen on the OLPC prototype, followed shortly by someone else's tablet PC (actually an Asus Transformer). The juxtaposition hit me…
On desktop computers, it's always been ultimately more convenient to just type it in on a keyboard. Graphical programming languages have been tried, but the disadvantages have always ended up outweighing the advantages, with very few exceptions (such as the Turtle Art).
On tablets, though, typing is always at least a bit of a hassle, while dragging icons around the screen is the native mode of interaction. The balance might well turn out the other way.
I may have to see if I can put something together and see what happens :-)
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