I agree that nteract could be a great UI for pedagogy. The main blockers that I’ve run into are:
- Not having jupyter widget support is a total non-starter for us :-/
- It’s double-click-launchable, but you need to install kernels “the old fashioned way”. You can use something like Anaconda GUI, but then the “double click to launch nteract” benefit isn’t as unique
- I’ve found that folks think of nteract as a weird middle-ground between the “traditional” notebook interface and JupyterLab. They see JupyterLab as a “different” kind of interface from notebook/nteract, and because most of the instructors have started off by learning the “classic” interface, it’s hard to convince them why they need to switch if they want a “notebook-first” UI…that’s one I’m still trying to figure out, because I think nteract could make for a much cleaner reading experience than the notebook interface or jupyterlab (if nteract ever picked up widgets support)