The Mage wrote: > Bruce, > In my experience, HyperCard was > always very limited by disk access. Man, I wish they had developed that > further. I was never more creative than in HyperCard. Imagine if > HyperCard had become the web browser and they had added URL resolution, > true full colour support and a raft of interoperability tools, and > opened the standards, to boot. I think the world of web development > would be a far better place to work today because HTML/Javascript are > such a mess compared to HyperTalk and in some ways -- many ways if you > force HTML/Javascript to stand on their own -- still less functional.
Yeah, Hypercard was a product way ahead of it's time, and probably one of the more brilliant technologies ever invented by Apple...a stunning example of how to make programming intuitive and usable. Bill Atkinson, should be right up there with Andy Hertzfeld, and the Woz as the great hacker minds of Apple. I've seen complete novices do *astonishing* things with it within weeks of clicking on their first stack. It was an incredibly empowering product that I would rate at or near the top of software engineering list of greatest achievments. Alas, it's languishing (but look very closely at Applescript's syntax...a LOT of Applescript was lifted whole from Hypercard, and with the Applescript Studio tools on the OSX developer disk, you could do a lot.) But a Hypercard for OS X would be a Cool And Wondrous thing indeed... I wonder if Supercard is still around...there's an alleged web site <http://www.supercard.us> but no answer this morning. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
