I definitely like the idea of variable page size
and shape. It would make
multimedia design that much more flexible. Ditto
with dialog boxes as cards.
Tony Rich wrote:
>
> We could even do better than books. Right now
in HyperCard (and in
> most books), all the cards in a stack (pages)
must be the same size
> and shape. Suppose that restriction were
removed, so each "page"
> could be ANY size and shape.
>
> Then instead of scripting "show this dialog box"
and testing a result
> when the user presses OK or Cancel, etc., you
could simply say
> "go to card X" -- a card which happens to BE
that dialog box, even
> the right shape and size. Then the user would
interact with it
> like any other card, and it would be scripted
like any other card,
> without worrying about special DLOG resources
and all the rest.
>
> Wouldn't that be simple and flexible? And as
you flipped through
> the pages of a "book", some pages could be
portrait and some could
> be landscape, as needed. Has that been done
yet? Is it worth doing?
>
> -- Tony
