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From: jlc@atux01.UUCP (J. Collymore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: RE: Any info on how Supercard STACKS up ?
Message-ID: <1337@atux01.UUCP>
Date: 22 Jun 89 13:24:04 GMT
References: <640taylorj@yvax.byu.edu>
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In article <640taylorj@yvax.byu.edu>, taylorj@yvax.byu.edu writes:
> I've played with SuperCard for a little bit, and altough I was very excited and
> pleased at first to see wonderful features ...
> the more I use it the more I have misgivings.  SuperCard just doesn't "click" like HyperCard.
> It's much harder to develop and debug
> with.  There is a separate editor, so you have to switch to the interpreter
> before you can run things.  There is a "runtime editor" (written in SuperTalk,
> believe it or not) that let's you do basic editing at runtime, but it's pretty
> cumbersome.
> 
> I fully expected to switch a lot of my HyperCard projects over to SuperCard,
> but I'm having second thoughts.  However, many of SuperCard's extended features
> are very useful and will be invaluable for some of the more complicated
> projects.
> 
> Jim Taylor
> Microcomputer Support for Curriculum
> Brigham Young University

I recently purchased SuperCard (SC), and have begun to read the manual.  Since
I am currently in the middle of some other HyperCard (HC) stack development, I
really haven't had the time to do any hands-on work with SC yet.  I am
becoming concerned though, that from things I'm reading in the manual (and here
on the net) that SC might need some changes to make it an easier development
environment than it currently is.  I'm a little concerned to that when making/
converting a HC stack to a SC "Window" standalone, the size of the stack
defaults to 340K!  I understand that this is due to the insertion of the SC
kernel, but still.  WHen you've got an HC stack thats only 70K, but as a SC
Window it will be 340K, that makes me somewhat uncomfortable.

I will admit, that SC seems to provide a LOT more FLEXIBILITY than HC 1.2.2 does
(and I fervently hope that Silicon Beach will listen to user comments,
cuggestions, and complaints and make solid improvements in a timely manner),
however, I am now anxiously waiting to see how Apple will respond to SC, and
if they'll be able to make any improvements to HC 2.0 based on SC before the
release date.

(When IS Apple going to release HC 2.0 anyway?)


						Jim Collymore

p.s.  For those of you who bought a copy of SC, remember that there was a big
5x7 postcard for you to write in any changes you'd like to see in SC.  I'd
suggest we ALL send them our comments posthaste if we want to see any
improvements soon.  Remember:  "The squeaky gear gets the grease."