HyperCard Nostalgia

Users reminisce about Apple's HyperCard software, highlighting its innovative accessible programming model, historical impact, Apple's discontinuation of it, and modern successors like LiveCode.

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seltzered_ Oct 16, 2022 View on HN

Do you remember Hypercard? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FquNpWdf9vg

hammyhavoc Jul 31, 2022 View on HN

Always been interested in Hypercard, but never used it. Is it worth playing with in 2022 as a curio?

saagarjha Nov 1, 2020 View on HN

HyperCard did some of those things!

gcanyon Oct 3, 2021 View on HN

If you're ever feeling nostalgic for HyperCard, check out https://livecode.com/ -- clearly designed based on HC, but includes many modern features and runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux.

bavcyc Jun 28, 2014 View on HN

A little more complex version of hypercard?

analog31 Oct 2, 2024 View on HN

Man that's almost like Hypercard.

beambot Nov 26, 2020 View on HN

Makes me nostalgic for the days of Hypercard...

brylie Mar 9, 2018 View on HN

Is there an open-source hypercard equivalent? It seems that Hypercard made programming very accessible, so it would be good if an open source project/community is continuing the ethos.

thinkcomp Feb 21, 2014 View on HN

I've thought a lot about HyperCard.In 1994, when I was in fifth grade, I used HyperCard to make a demo of a program that would allow you to fax a grocery order to a store using a modem after you checked off the items you wanted to buy. Then the store would deliver your order to you. I didn't actually know how to make use of hardware devices like modems, but it was possible to make the user interface work reasonably well on a Macintosh LC II. I was of course bummed that there was no

marban May 3, 2023 View on HN

Apple should have just doubled down on HyperCard