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From: kjeld@mcopn1.csc.ti.com
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Subject: Re: "HyperCard IS a HyperText application"
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Date: 17 Apr 89 01:39:30 GMT
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Net:

I could dissagree more, but not much more.  HyperCard IS a HyperTalk
delivery vehicle with some very powerful user interface tools.  If
it WERE a HyperText application, individual words or phrases could be
scripted (ala. Guide from OWL).  As it is, to do the same thing,
HyperCard has to perform some gyrations to determine the appropriate
action from probing a word (somewhere in a field's or card's heirarchy).

We have put an interactive video disk controller interface together, using
the keyword's line number for control (each field line was one record).
If the text was editted, it was possible that the scripts needed to be altered
to accomodate the keyword's new location.

This is not HyperText.  It just looks like HyperText.  Perhaps HyperVideo,
or HyperInterface might be better lables.

Regards,

Kurt Christensen
KJELD@MCOPN1.CSC.TI.COM