ART 80F - MODULE 5 LECTURE CONTENT
EARLY NETWORK STRUCTURES
Hypercard + HYPERTEXT
HyperCard program first released by Apple in 1987
Essentially a visual scripting environment
Precursor to HyperText navigation on webpages
Transferred to Claris 1992 - shelved completely 2004
From Ars Electronica HyperCard Article
Even before its cancellation, HyperCard's inventor saw the end coming. In an angst-filled 2002 interview, Bill Atkinson confessed to his Big Mistake. If only he had figured out that stacks could be linked through cyberspace, and not just installed on a particular desktop, things would have been different.
