I loved Hypercard. It was fun, but it was also unique, object-oriented programming that just about anyone could master. Back in the day, thousands of Hypercard “stacks” where available. They did amazing and useful things. Even I got into the act.
Hypercard is missing today, but it would be fun to bring it back. While the percentage of hobbyist computer users is comparatively low (well, actually nearly non-existent), I still think a place could be found for something useful like Hypercard.
From reading that, I was thinking is that where Hyper Text (http) comes from? It does seem novel though.
Comment by glennp — November 3, 2014 @ 4:23 am
Hypercard used hypertext-like concepts. I better understood HTML after programming Hypercard for so long.
Alas, I don’t have Mac archives like I have PC archives, so all that stuff is lost. 🙁
Comment by admin — November 3, 2014 @ 7:00 am
glennp- the concept of hyperlinks was invented by Douglas Engelbart and Ted Nelson. Check out “the Mother of all Demos” on youtube
Comment by BradC — November 3, 2014 @ 12:58 pm