HyperCard is a software application and development kit for Apple Macintosh and Apple IIGS computers. It is among the first successful hypermedia systems predating the World Wide Web. HyperCard combines a flat-file database with a graphical, flexible, user-modifiable interface. [3]

2019年5月25日 · HyperCard allowed you to create "stacks" of cards, which were visual pages on a Macintosh screen. You could insert "fields" into these cards that showed text, tables, or even images.

SuperCard - The first HyperCard clone, for MacOS 10.14 and earlier. NovoCard - A simple HyperCard-like app for the iPad, with JavaScript as the programming language. DataOrganizer - A database that succeeds a modern HyperCard-like system for the Mac with Button Tasks/ClickScript-style programming named BayCard.

Although originally intended by Bill Atkinson, the HyperCard file format has never been officially published. The instructions in this file are simply what was deduced by looking at various existing stacks and their differences.

2021年8月3日 · HyperCard was the first no-code app builder. It “allows non-programmers to create interactive information”, according to Bill. The software design had solid fundamentals and its features...

On August 11, 1987, Bill Atkinson announced a new product from Apple for the Macintosh; a multimedia, easily programmed system called HyperCard. HyperCard brought into one sharp package the ability for a Macintosh to do interactive documents with …

2020年8月26日 · Today, I’ll talk about an Apple software product that changed the world and sadly no longer exists: HyperCard. HyperCard was a powerful, yet extremely easy to use tool for creating “stacks” — essentially flat-file databases that used hyperlinks as a way of navigating a stack of “cards”.

2014年10月28日 · HyperCard was a tool for making tools – Mac users could use Hypercard to build their own mini-programs to balance their taxes, manage sports statistics, make music – all kinds of...

2025年2月3日 · HyperCard, an early hypermedia system developed by Bill Atkinson for Apple Inc., revolutionized the way users interacted with digital content in the late 1980s. Its innovative concept of combining text, graphics, and multimedia elements within a user-friendly interface paved the way for interactive storytelling and creative expression.

HyperCard is a hypertext application that includes two major subsystems: a bitmap graphics editor and a programming language. Bill Atkinson, HyperCard's inventor, refers to HyperCard as a software erector set. Others see it as an information toolkit. It is not a traditional database, although it can handle large quantities of data quickly.