It's even worse than it appears..
Saturday February 15, 2025; 8:11 AM EST
The web before the web#
  • Hypercard stacks were the equivalent of websites. #
  • If it had been built around the Macintosh Toolkit, and had an API that fit in with Mac apps, there wouldn't be a web, we'd all be using Macs. Alas it was all on its own, didn't work with anything but itself. #
  • A lot was lost because the Mac development model was far in advance of what existed on the web, and it was well-thought-out unlike the app model of the web, which is a hodgepodge of horribly designed modules that don't work well together. #
  • I was a Mac developer at the time, so I know a lot about this moment of history. #
  • Screen shot of a Hypercard stack home page.#

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