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Bill Atkinson's psychedelic user interface

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433 points cainxinth | 5 comments | 11 Jul 25 11:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.452s | source
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WillAdams ◴[11 Jul 25 12:37 UTC] No.44531428[source]▶
For the technological context and result:

https://www.folklore.org/Joining_Apple_Computer.html

Still very sad that HyperCard got sidelined and that even its successor, Livecode abandoned the idea of being available to everyone --- though it looks as if folks are still working that:

https://openxtalk.org/

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1. wvlia5 ◴[11 Jul 25 13:48 UTC] No.44532121[source]▶
This is off-topic, we are discussing drugs here.
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2. LocalH ◴[11 Jul 25 17:53 UTC] No.44535141[source]▶
It's not off-topic, it's the intersection of two things that Bill Atkinson was extremely passionate about.
3. phaedryx ◴[11 Jul 25 17:54 UTC] No.44535155[source]▶
Hypercard was inspired by an LSD trip.
4. Ylpertnodi ◴[11 Jul 25 18:24 UTC] No.44535456[source]▶
Perhaps the gp's comment was written and posted whilst being smashed, and that's just one of the effects.
5. WillAdams ◴[11 Jul 25 22:04 UTC] No.44537224[source]▶
which the link in question references:

>Inspired by a mind-expanding LSD journey in 1985, I designed the HyperCard authoring system that enabled non-programmers to make their own interactive media.