> I keep trying to understand why Hypercard was good. I reckon it’s like the GUI version of BASIC. It was, as other comments point out, kinda toy-like, but in

> I keep trying to understand why Hypercard was good. I reckon it’s like the GUI version of BASIC. It was, as other comments point out, kinda toy-like, but in a good way as well as a bad way. It gave Mac users a way to “play” with their Mac and make it do their bidding in much the same way that BASIC interpreters built into pre-GUI home computers did. It was half way between magic and godlike power - at least for some people. It gave a very low barrier to entry feeling of “Oh, I get it now. I can make this machine do what I want it to do. I am in control now!” In my head, Director or Flash was the next equivalent tool in that niche.