On Sunday, March 28, 2004, at 03:59 PM, Marian Petrides wrote:
When I talk to people not familiar with Hypercard, I typically use the term "screen" which I think is better than "page" because it is more specific (page implies paper, screen implies video display of some sort).
I agree. However, the book metaphor might apply to some applications.
FWIW, that's exactly the metaphor ToolBook uses, in which what we call a "stack" is a "book", and what we call a "card" is a "page".
If there would be no impact on performance or other issues I would vote for those synonyms being accepted by the engine. It would help ToolBook users migrating to a less costly, less complicated-to-install system, and would allow further distancing from the whole "card" metaphor that Apple's bizarre actions with HyperCard have effectively ghetto-ized.
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