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I think people give Hypercard (and Flash) too much credit. Its easy to make UIs if you use absolute resolution and position. You can make apps with about the
by jayd16 6y ago
I think people give Hypercard (and Flash) too much credit. Its easy to make UIs if you use absolute resolution and position. You can make apps with about the same effort today using a lot of modern WYSIWYG tools but its the scaling layouts that are so tedious.
- rwmj 6y agoTcl/Tk solved the scalable user interface problem back in the mid 90s. The fact that other toolkits are terrible at it is no real excuse.
- groovypuppy 6y agoOn the contrary, I think people don't give Hypercard (and Flash) not enough credit. These tools were not about UIs. They were about enabling mere mortals to make their own tools (apps, games, etc.) - often for personal use. The idea of enabling users to make their own tools easily(or fix their own tools for that matter) is a noble one that unfortunately seems to have ran against Apples core mission.
- seumars 6y agoYou're not taking into the account the context in which Hypercard existed, that is, a time where UI design was in its infancy.