Hi All, Being English my second language, frequently I have to read again (and reread some time after) many of the messages that I post in the mail list and in the forum.
In the forum, we could simply edit, reedit and edit again any message until it means what we meant... but in the mail list that is not possible. After reading again my message about the origin of HyperCard, I found that it's easy, very easy, to understand that in my message I am dismissing Bill Atkinson's breakthrough as an intentional copy of previous works. That was NOT my intention. If Bill Atkinson says the he invented HyperCard under the effects of LSD, then we have to believe him... but when you read about any topic, it's logical and necessary to learn and analyze other people's opinions. I already written about Walter Cooke and Paul Helckel opinions, so here is my own opinion: HyperCard was so successful as an innovative breakthrough because it followed the natural path of technological progress. Hypercard was the next step in computer advancement. Who is credited with the conceptual foundation of HyperText? Vannevar Bush with his description of the "Memex": http://www.archivejournal.net/notes/as-we-may-now-think/ While Vannever Bush described a mechanical device, electronic engineers where already creating the foundations of computer science and demonstrating that numbers could represent and store texts, images and sounds: http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/04/08/the-history-of-computer-data-storage-in-pictures/ After the creation of text-only hypertext systems, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext Which was the next logical step in technological progress? The creation of an Image and Text hypertext system. On Macintosh, it's name was HyperCard. Al _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
