Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!spray!anson 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 Lines: 24 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. -- ===================================================================== Ed Anson, Calcomp Display Products Division, Hudson NH 03051 (603) 885-8712, anson@elrond.CalComp.COM