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From: anson@spray.CalComp.COM (Ed Anson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: The BAD news for Feature Requesters
Keywords: Hypercard, Multifinder
Message-ID: <2536@spray.CalComp.COM>
Date: 8 Dec 88 15:28:23 GMT
References: <1182@mmm.UUCP> <21421@apple.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: anson@spray.UUCP (Ed Anson)
Organization: CalComp, A Lockheed Company, Hudson, NH, USA
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In article <21421@apple.Apple.COM> dan@Apple.COM (Dan Allen) writes:
>  Our
>philosophy is to please the mainstream user, not the esoterica.  Hence
>color always takes a back seat to other improvements because very few
>Mac users have color monitors.  When more than have of our users have
>color then we'll probably think about doing color, and doing it right,
>which means, color text, color paint tools, lots of RAM needed, etc.

Apparently, Silicon Beach and Format Software don't regard color as too
esoteric for their customers. The latest MacWeek describes those two
companies' Hypercard work-alikes, both of which feature color and large
screen support. Although there are both legal and pragmatic issues regarding
these products (due to both similarities and differences with respect to
Hypercard), they represent an answer to a very real need. Those products
will supposedly be available in a few months.

Meanwhile, the most-needed features of color and large-screen support are
available now as a set of XCMDs which will run on a 1M Mac II, and even on an
SE or Plus (although the colors aren't as nice :-)  Check the latest APDA 
catalog for HyperWindows.
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