This is great. I would love to see both Hypercard and Hypercard-ish stuff become more common and supported.
But statements like the following suggest to me that there are some misunderstandings here.
> With the developer restrictions and extreme proprietism of the iPhone App Store, it’s hard to remember the Apple of the 80s. Steve Jobs, Bill Atkinson and their team had a vision to not only bring computers to the people, but also to bring computer programming to the public – to make makers out of the masses. At Apple, this philosophy, along with HyperCard seems to have mostly been lost.
Making makers out of the masses is an idea that is still there. Think about software like GarageBand and iMovie. These have the added advantage that you can make things without doing programming.
Also, I was very much involved with the Apple of the 80s. And I can assure you all that the "proprietism" was just as strong as it is today.
While it's exciting to see Hypercard and similar ideas coming alive again, I'm certainly glad that Hypercard died when it did. A Hypercard-based web would have been Apple formats distributed from Apple servers via Apple protocols to Apple clients. And lawsuits for everyone! We're fortunate to have dodged that particular scenario.
But statements like the following suggest to me that there are some misunderstandings here.
> With the developer restrictions and extreme proprietism of the iPhone App Store, it’s hard to remember the Apple of the 80s. Steve Jobs, Bill Atkinson and their team had a vision to not only bring computers to the people, but also to bring computer programming to the public – to make makers out of the masses. At Apple, this philosophy, along with HyperCard seems to have mostly been lost.
Making makers out of the masses is an idea that is still there. Think about software like GarageBand and iMovie. These have the added advantage that you can make things without doing programming.
Also, I was very much involved with the Apple of the 80s. And I can assure you all that the "proprietism" was just as strong as it is today.
While it's exciting to see Hypercard and similar ideas coming alive again, I'm certainly glad that Hypercard died when it did. A Hypercard-based web would have been Apple formats distributed from Apple servers via Apple protocols to Apple clients. And lawsuits for everyone! We're fortunate to have dodged that particular scenario.