Retro Computing

The Desktop Metaphor - A Hypercard Essay (opens in new tab)

Blog posts? so last century next century! How about an Essay written entirely in Hypercard instead? I’ve been playing around a lot with Classic MacOS in the SheepShaver emulator, and it’s given me a lot of things to sink my teeth into in terms of philosophizing about UI/UX design. After playing with hypercard a bit, I thought it would be fun to explore the software in a bit more depth by actually making a worthwhile project in it. I got pretty proficient with the paint tools of the software (...

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