"But aren't you at lest curious what else could be possible?"
Well, I was, but after all the attempts over the years my curiosity has been sated.
To the extent that you did not know this has been attempted many, many, many(, many, many, many, many...) times, well, that's a measure of how successful the idea has historically proved to be.
Perhaps I too would fall into the "it should all be more visual" local optima sink trap of opinion if I hadn't seen so, so very many tries at the idea.
Mind you, if you produce a working one that actually keeps all of its promises, I will hail your success. I will sing its praises all the harder precisely because I know how hard a problem it is. (Many of your users will take it for granted and think it was easy to build.) But I haven't seen one yet.
Well, I was, but after all the attempts over the years my curiosity has been sated.
To the extent that you did not know this has been attempted many, many, many(, many, many, many, many...) times, well, that's a measure of how successful the idea has historically proved to be.
Perhaps I too would fall into the "it should all be more visual" local optima sink trap of opinion if I hadn't seen so, so very many tries at the idea.
Mind you, if you produce a working one that actually keeps all of its promises, I will hail your success. I will sing its praises all the harder precisely because I know how hard a problem it is. (Many of your users will take it for granted and think it was easy to build.) But I haven't seen one yet.