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HTML + javascript. I mean that as a serious answer to your question. I made a handful of stacks back then, and this is the logical replacement. While still not

HTML + javascript. I mean that as a serious answer to your question. I made a handful of stacks back then, and this is the logical replacement. While still not as cool in some ways as Hypercard, at least HTML + javascript is not confined to one company's computers.

Angostura 9y ago
Having done quite a lot of hypercard programming back in the day - HTML + javscript is nothing like a replacement. Hypercard's authoring simplicity was what made it so great.
- cik 9y ago
  Agreed. It's literally what got me into programming and entrepreneurship. Wrote and sold my first piece of software in Hypercard (and then SuperCard!). I desperately wish it were still real, for my kids. I think it'd be far be the best way to get them coding.
  - pasbesoin 9y ago
    It might well not have enough contemporary flare and flash for young kids used to modern computers, tablets, phones. But there are "classic Mac" emulators. I imagine they do Hypercard just fine.
- leephillips 9y ago
  I don't disagree - that's what I was thinking of when I said that HTML + javascript is not as cool as Hypercard. But in another way, it's cooler, because when you make something that works in a browser you can share it with the world.
itomato 9y ago
"And if you think that XCode, Python, Processing, or the shit soup of HTML/Javascript/CSS are any kind of substitute for HyperCard, then read this post again. And if you continue to think so, then you might be an autistic typical software “engineer,” and please don’t waste your time commenting here. Sink back into the cube farm hellpit from whence you came. Otherwise, sit down and contemplate the fact that what has been built once could probably be built again." http://www.loper-os.org/?p=568 http://www.loper-os.org/?p=568
- msla 9y ago
  Do we really need to insult the non-neurotypical?
  - goldenkey 9y ago
    A large part of being autistic is insulting people without knowing it. Which can come across as cold and distant. I think OP was just trying to hint at the open mindset it takes to appreciate something like HyperCard
    - itomato 9y ago
      It's also a quote.
analog31 9y ago
In my view, HC is not just a programming tool, but also a rudimentary database engine. This may have helped make it attractive in its day. Of course HC was many things to many people. The modern replacement could be identified by what people actually use in daily life for simple programming and databases: Excel. I wrote an assembler in HC.

Angostura 9y ago

Having done quite a lot of hypercard programming back in the day - HTML + javscript is nothing like a replacement. Hypercard's authoring simplicity was what made it so great.

cik 9y ago
Agreed. It's literally what got me into programming and entrepreneurship. Wrote and sold my first piece of software in Hypercard (and then SuperCard!). I desperately wish it were still real, for my kids. I think it'd be far be the best way to get them coding.
- pasbesoin 9y ago
  It might well not have enough contemporary flare and flash for young kids used to modern computers, tablets, phones. But there are "classic Mac" emulators. I imagine they do Hypercard just fine.
leephillips 9y ago
I don't disagree - that's what I was thinking of when I said that HTML + javascript is not as cool as Hypercard. But in another way, it's cooler, because when you make something that works in a browser you can share it with the world.

itomato 9y ago

"And if you think that XCode, Python, Processing, or the shit soup of HTML/Javascript/CSS are any kind of substitute for HyperCard, then read this post again. And if you continue to think so, then you might be an autistic typical software “engineer,” and please don’t waste your time commenting here. Sink back into the cube farm hellpit from whence you came. Otherwise, sit down and contemplate the fact that what has been built once could probably be built again." http://www.loper-os.org/?p=568 http://www.loper-os.org/?p=568

msla 9y ago
Do we really need to insult the non-neurotypical?
- goldenkey 9y ago
  A large part of being autistic is insulting people without knowing it. Which can come across as cold and distant. I think OP was just trying to hint at the open mindset it takes to appreciate something like HyperCard
  - itomato 9y ago
    It's also a quote.

analog31 9y ago

In my view, HC is not just a programming tool, but also a rudimentary database engine. This may have helped make it attractive in its day. Of course HC was many things to many people. The modern replacement could be identified by what people actually use in daily life for simple programming and databases: Excel. I wrote an assembler in HC.