Discussion

Art Bits from HyperCard

doawoo: We need a modern HyperCard, I want to see more creative computing

oidar: Have you seen Decker: https://beyondloom.com/decker/

oidar: Archive.org link: https://web.archive.org/web/20260306224042/https://archives....

escapecharacter: in progress ;)

hendersonreed: there's a great blogpost explaining the creator's inspirations in hypercard also: https://beyondloom.com/blog/sketchpad.html

ascorbic: Ah, that'll be useful. The hardest thing about adding a new project to my site is finding a new HyperCard/System 6 icon. https://mk.gg/

heliumtera: Hey, I really loved the fonts on your website.For the past 10 years I've being using terminus bitmap font, so I have strong opinions about it. The only reason I prefer Firefox is because it supports bitmap.Reading your website on my phone made my day! Lovely fonts/aesthetics

simquat: I'm working on it, Breadboard[0] is a visual app builder that mixes Figma-style UI design with Shortcuts-style logic.[0] https://breadboards.io/

bensyverson: Wow, I must be in my 40s because I love your site :)

afandian: I recently enjoyed this episode of Mac Folklore Radio.A surprising prescient discussion on HyperCard and hypertext.https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mac-folklore-radio/id1...

schlauerfox: now I need an emoji font in this 90s style of those 'small treasures'

alexpotato: My favorite fact about HyperCard was that the game Myst was built using HyperCard:Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myst#:~:text=The%20game%20was%...

hyperhello: There is this thing called the World Wide Web that does most of that.