Hypercard?

dstranathan · July 26, 2002 9:37PM

<a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/173/wo/d7lHs0E88cK3fXk0171/1.3.0.3.34.8"; target="_blank">http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/173/wo/d7lHs0E88cK3fXk0171/1.3.0.3.34.8</a>;

Wow. I didn't know this app was around anymore. Back in the day this app was killer.

It's almost like Apple INVENTED the hyperlink, huh?

nebagakid · July 26, 2002 9:50PM

Yeah, there is a Users Group for people who still use it...

it is called iHUG

check it out ese <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />

pyr3 · July 26, 2002 10:11PM

[quote]from apple's site

HyperCard is Apple's premier tool for creating custom software solutions for business, education, and multimedia--and now, the World Wide Web! <hr></blockquote>

lol @ "and now, the World Wide Web". Does anyone even call it that now anymore?

microsoftosxp · July 27, 2002 4:47PM

they should re-release hypercard for os X, it would be the same old program but with the aqua interface!!! ooooh!! now wouldn't that be cool.

cubedude · July 27, 2002 4:51PM

amorya · July 28, 2002 5:19PM

I'm about to use it to do my computer science (A level, not uni) coursework on!

I'm making a tracker program for a local church nursery... child info, details on activities, etc.

The only computer in the building is an old Quadra. The admin person has a PC at home. She wants to be able to use both systems to edit data. So I'm going to make a PC version (visual basic) and use Hypercard to make a Mac version. Then I'll do some kind of sync routine and use floppy disks to pass the data across.

Amorya

brussell · July 29, 2002 8:13AM

[quote]Originally posted by Amorya:

I'm about to use it to do my computer science (A level, not uni) coursework on!

I'm making a tracker program for a local church nursery... child info, details on activities, etc.

The only computer in the building is an old Quadra. The admin person has a PC at home. She wants to be able to use both systems to edit data. So I'm going to make a PC version (visual basic) and use Hypercard to make a Mac version. Then I'll do some kind of sync routine and use floppy disks to pass the data across.

Amorya<hr></blockquote>You could also use RealBasic which is a lot like visual basic and can compile for both windows and mac.

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amorya · July 30, 2002 8:33AM

[quote]Originally posted by BRussell:

You could also use RealBasic which is a lot like visual basic and can compile for both windows and mac.

This message has been brought to you by unsolicited advice from BRussell.®<hr></blockquote>

Thanks for the advice, but that involves parting with cash

- I'm a poor student making do with what I have access to. I've used Hypercard in the past, and VB's taught at college next year, so I think it should be OK.

Amorya

curiousuburb · July 30, 2002 12:05PM

[quote]Originally posted by dstranathan:

<hypercard link>

Wow. I didn't know this app was around anymore. Back in the day this app was killer.

It's almost like Apple INVENTED the hyperlink, huh?<hr></blockquote>

well the "first" multimedia title, "Stravinsky's Rites of Spring - interactive", was built with hypercard.

and there were even groovy games built with hypercard...

remember <a href="http://macintroid.tripod.com/macintroid/id6.html"; target="_blank">these games (scroll halfway down)</a>

Glider was awesome... hours of distraction on the original PB 100

majormatt · July 30, 2002 12:15PM

It seems like Apple todays only likes us to use their templates and "perfect" concepts or designs. I mean, you dont see them making an iHTML to help people make webpages, and certainly not another Hypercard program.

Luckily, there is RealBasic, its easy to learn and you can do plenty with it.

spooky · July 31, 2002 5:18PM

Hypercard is what made the mac for me - it turned me from the dark side. It let anyone (and I mean anyone do things on a computer that you just couldn't on any other platform)

Sadly, hypercard is everything Macintosh is and apple no longer wants to be. If only they'd realise that a new multimedia Director Killer hypercard X for web, dvd and cd would make the Mac great again?

brussell · September 26, 2002 3:36PM

Sorry to resurrect this old thread, but I wasn't sure if this was worth a new one:

SuperCard for X is in beta and <a href="http://www.supercard.us/"; target="_blank">is downloadable.</a>

It runs lots of old Hypercard stuff. I downloaded it and played around - slow as hell, but otherwise just like the old SuperCard but with Aqua.

Could be a replacement for Realbasic for some people.

tetzel1517 · September 27, 2002 6:05PM

My personal favorite part of that HyperCard page on the Apple Store site:

"Exploit the power of Quicktime 3!"

kickaha · September 28, 2002 2:15AM

Two options I see as a replacement for HC right now, other than those already mentioned...

1) AppleScript Studio

This is basically HC on steroids, with a less friendly interface. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> OSAXen are not bloodly likely to be ported, but AS lets you interact with *any* C, C++, Obj-C code you care to throw at it. Very slick. Very powerful. Not as accessible.

2) OmniGraffle

No, really. Stop snickering.

Did you know that you can attach AppleScripts to objects in an OG diagram? Or the toolbar? Given a good palette (which I'm sure some creative folks on here could whip up in no time, hint hint), and some AppleScript knowledge (instead of HyperTalk), a reasonable facsimile of HyperCard can be produced fairly quickly.

HC was literally years ahead of its time, and is still provided as an exquisite example of programming methodology design in academic circles... but we're not likely to see it resurrected as it was on OS X. There are all the pieces in place, with individually superior technologies... what's missing is the integration. I believe we'll see that in short time.

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