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Comments on ‘Hypercard on steroids’One code to bind them allPublished Tuesday 27th February 2007 10:31 GMT
true but lacking good documentationBy hank
Posted Tuesday 27th February 2007 11:19 GMT
this is truely a great development tool but the documentation needs a lot of work. this makes it very hard to start using it. nice that it gets some well deserved attention here though. Did you try to Plug in Virtual Input as a Shared Output?By amanfromMars
Posted Tuesday 27th February 2007 12:17 GMT
<<<"If I have a gripe it is that you can't do things like browser plug-ins and Active X controls - but that's what you sacrifice for the cross-platform compatibility," he observes.>>>> Phil, Perhaps they were waiting for you to disclose Universally Superior Access CodeXXXX ..... the Keys to their Kingdom? And that is as Simple as them Spending the System's Wealth on ITs Digital ReConfiguration. Ahh, what nostalgiaBy SImon Hobson
Posted Wednesday 28th February 2007 13:33 GMT
Ahh, that takes me back. The things we did with Hypercard - object orented programming for the masses and without the techi-label ! I always assumed it had gone for good ... I'll certainly be taking a look at this. ClarificationBy Phil Manchester
Posted Wednesday 28th February 2007 14:13 GMT
To clarify - the prices quoted refer to start prices, firstly, for individual Revolution licences and, secondly, for Enterprise licences. SuperCardBy Tony Smith, Editor, Reg Hardware
Posted Wednesday 28th February 2007 14:33 GMT
Folk interested in the HyperCard saga shouldn't forget that the app wasn't alone. SuperCard followed not long after and was pitched as a more powerful alternative. It's since had a long history of different owners, but has managed to stay the course and is still available today in an updated, Mac OS X Universal Binary form from its current owner, Solutions Etcetera. More info here: http://www.supercard.us/ The period for commenting on this story has finished |
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