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From: bayes@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Scott Bayes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: HyperCard 1.1 in Review (short)
Message-ID: <10520005@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 18 Mar 88 19:15:26 GMT
Organization: HP Ft. Collins, Co.
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I just got HC 1.1 last night, and played with it a bit.  I suspect some
of you out there haven't had a chance to get hold of it yet.  So, I'll
post a short review.

WARNING: personal opinions follow!

MANAGEMENT SUMMARY

Don't crawl a mile on your knees through broken glass and glowing
cinders to get this one.  Joe-Bob says "No sale".

MORE DETAIL

HC 1.1 does a few more things than the first commercial rev (1.01 ?),
but not a whole helluva lot more.  3 stacks:  Area Codes, Datebook and
Phone, have been trivially updated to "internationalize" them.  Probably
a couple hours work.

3 buttons have been added to import text/data, export text, export data,
where data means something like "spreadsheet fields".  They seem not
well implemented; they don't even use Standard File dialogues to get to
the file.  You have to write down or memorize the file and path before
starting HC, then type the whole mess in.  Blechh!  HyperCard carries on
the tradition of butchering The Interface...

They have added "text arrows".  With textArrows on, left, right, up, and
down arrows move you around in a text field as you'd expect in a screen
editor.  They also work in the Message Box.  OPTION-arrow works as did
arrows in the old HC.  Turning textArrows off leaves things as they were
in previous HC rev.

They specify a minimum memory (via MF Get Info) size of 750K.  And they
correct some trivial errors in the HC Users' Guide.

Finally there's an Update Home Stack button, which seems only to add the
textArrows checkbox to Preferences (I haven't looked at the script yet).

That's it folks. HC 1.1, in all its glory.

Where are the "text buttons"?  Why did the import/export buttons not use
SF dialogues?  Why didn't it shrink in size, get faster, or do something
worth publishing a new rev for?  Why did Apple bother sending out a whole
disk for this? Will Bill marry Adele (joke ?!?)?

Scott "ink wiring mined swan tune owe" Bayes
bayes@hpfclw