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It seems to me that something like this is really what the iPad is missing. Instead of each application being in its own sandbox, imagine if they were all scriptable, and the scripting language was as accessible as HyperCard was.

That would really be something.

👤GlenTheMachine🕑2y🔼0🗨️0

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The shortcuts app is a tantalizing glimpse of what could be. Directionally, it was a sea change for iOS when Apple acquired it and subsequently introduced its first-party iteration. But imagine the potential of Shortcuts if it were evolved into a fully-realized HyperCard successor.
👤mortenjorck🕑2y🔼0🗨️0

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I believe that the iPad can run HyperCard inside the Basilisk II mac emulator. I just scanned this. Didn't read it. https://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11149
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AppleScript was just like that.
👤soapdog🕑2y🔼0🗨️0

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No reason each application can't have its own sandbox and be scriptable. Think of refs to other apps as a kind of capability. ToonTalk showed by example that a system along those lines could be usable and programmable by children.
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