Jacqueline Landman Gay wrote:
> Richard Gaskin wrote:
>>
>>
>> I wonder: if all of us posted to the message board there, we'd probably
>> have more "get over it, get MetaCard" messages than all the "gosh, but I
>> like HyperCard" messages. :)
>
> I think it's better to just leave them alone. Those who need a more
> full-bodied tool have already moved to the MetaCard list. Those who are
> still using only HyperCard are simply unable to afford MetaCard, or do
> not want to learn a different tool. As moderator of the HC list, I don't
> think I want to listen to all the complaints that would happen when the
> HC list gets "polluted" with info about competing products, though I
> have to admit there are many times when I am just itching to say, "but
> MetaCard does that already!" I have to bite my tongue all the time.
Once again, your sober perspective is well worth listening too. Thanks.
It wasn't my intention to "poke fun" at HyperCard as one of the other posts
suggests, but rather to remind them that nearly everything they've ever
asked for -- and more -- is already available, in MetaCard.
But you're right: many of those folks only want such a tool if it comes at
a price which makes it commercially inviable. I don't think there are that
many folks still doing commercial development on the HC list anyway ('cept
those using MC, of course <g>).
Thanks for the thoughtful perspective.
--
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Media Corporation
Multimedia Design and Development for Mac, Windows, UNIX, and the Web
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