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Re:Hypercard – Way Too Early by dahjelle on Friday February 21, 2014 @10:26AM (#7277352)
Do you think the world has changed such that a modern HyperCard is just not something people would use? Or has the massive influx of "there's an app for that" papered-over the hole in the market?
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Re:Hypercard – Way Too Early by thinkcomp on Friday February 21, 2014 @04:05PM (#7279434)
I think it might be used, but I wonder if anyone would pay.

If Apple were run with a different mindset, they might turn XCode into HyperCard again. If Google were run with a different mindset and Android were something other than Java, you might see them build their own HyperCard-style development environment instead of relying on the abomination that is Eclipse.

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Re:Hypercard – Way Too Early by mcphage on Friday February 21, 2014 @06:32PM (#7280168)
> Do you think the world has changed such that a modern HyperCard is just not something people would use?

I think people would—its biggest strength is that tons of people could make their own "apps" using it, and I don't think that ability will ever become obsolete.

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