Re: HyperCard
Re: HyperCard
- Subject: Re: HyperCard
- From: Bryan Kaufman <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 06:45:13 -0700
On Friday, Jul 4, 2003, at 10:23 US/Pacific, Jon Pugh wrote:
At 6:57 AM -0400 7/4/03, Gary Lists wrote:
I was just today playing with HyperFTP (Jon Pugh...are you
remembering that
one?!) and wondering why HC is not still a viable UI for applets and
scripts?
Yes, I remember that one, although I never really used it. Anarchy
was my tool, and still is, I guess, although it's called Interarchy
now.
Does anyone out there use HC for a "front end" for their scripts? Or
have
examples of using HC as the UI?
I still use HyperCard. It's running right now in Classic, albeit with
an Aqua Kaleidoscope theme so it looks less garish. However, it is
greatly reduced in functionality these days. I can't get the drawing
tools to work, and I've got a crashing xcmd that is annoying me, but I
can still access my data, for what that's worth.
I have yet to find a replacement that is anywhere near as cool as
HyperCard.
Even if it is no longer developed, I still don't quite understand the
lowly
status that even Mac users seem to associate with HC.
Black and white, as well as non-standard UI widgets. These gave
HyperCard stacks their unmistakable look. Then I think the generally
crappy quality of most free stacks gave people a negative view of the
whole thing.
I don't understand it either. I still think HyperCard is one of the
coolest pieces of software ever created, but the real thing that made
it worthwhile was that it was free and shipped with every machine.
Those days are long gone though.
It's a shame too, everything up to and including AI applications were
developed by countless people with good ideas but little time or
inclination for programming. Ever heard of HyperX? Way ahead of it's
time.
Although I understand Apple hanging onto the rights for HC, I don't
understand why they haven't ever updated it. I guess they are waiting
for someone with the passion and ability to tackle the problem? It was
such a stroke of genius, it will take developers of substantial caliber
to do it justice in the new environment I would think.
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