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FTA: "And if you think that XCode, Python, Processing, or the shit soup of HTML/Javascript/CSS are any kind of substitute for HyperCard, then read this post again."

I always hope in the back of my mind that someday there will be a way to create a web interface as easily as you could in Hypercard.

I miss it so much.

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No such luck. The Web architecture inherently sucks:

http://philip.greenspun.com/research/internet-haters

Take that article with a large grain of salt. Much of it has been proven wrong by now. ("HTML is where the Web starts and probably where it will end.")

Take anything from loper-os with a massive grain of salt, he is a long-term troll who has been writing these sorts of wistful but ultimately empty posts for several years now. Calling everything and everyone stupid and bloated and yearning for the good old days is his thing. I only mention this because some HN readers might not be fully aware of his history.

The distinction between a "troll" and an actual human with unpopular opinions is lost on you?

You aren't the only one: http://www.loper-os.org/?p=91

I don't think loper-os is a troll. I think there are some fundamental social deficiencies at play (the profoundly arrogant and strange README in his SVN trunk is a must-see), but I believe he genuinely means what he says.

The sad part is that it that it hasn't fundamentally changed. Sure, there are layers upon layers of redundant redundancies to smooth out issues, but they haven't really been fixed.

http://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html

Waterbear is something that is headed in that direction. http://waterbearlang.com/

Along these lines, have you seen http://springbase.com?

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