taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor) (11/17/89)
Just wondering if anyone has heard anything about, or had a chance to
read through, the newly released "HyperCard Stack Design Guidelines"
book from Addison-Wesley. It's an official publication from Apple
and is part of the Apple Technical Library.
(looks like it's going to retail at $16.95)
-- Dave Taylor
Intuitive Systems
Mountain View, California
taylor@limbo.intuitive.com or {uunet!}{decwrl,apple}!limbo!taylorkent@sunfs3.camex.uucp (Kent Borg) (11/20/89)
In article <189@limbo.Intuitive.Com> taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor) writes: >Just wondering if anyone has heard anything about, or had a chance to >read through, the newly released "HyperCard Stack Design Guidelines" >book from Addison-Wesley. A long time ago I bought the documentation for writing XCMDs and XFCNs. Included in the package from APDA was what I think was a draft of the book you mention. (It was labeled "Apple Confidentional"--which always made me feel special.) I was good looking stuff. I always wondered why they never released it. Good to hear they are. -- Kent Borg kent@lloyd.uucp or ...!husc6!lloyd!kent H:(617) 776-6899 W:(617)426-3577 "Progress is the root of all evil" -Al Capp (from the musical "Lil' Abner)
JEFF@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Jeffrey Perry) (11/21/89)
In article <189@limbo.Intuitive.Com>, taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor) writes: >Just wondering if anyone has heard anything about, or had a chance to >read through, the newly released "HyperCard Stack Design Guidelines" >book from Addison-Wesley. It's an official publication from Apple >and is part of the Apple Technical Library. > > (looks like it's going to retail at $16.95) > > -- Dave Taylor I have the Stack Design Guidelines manual and can't say that it's been of any real use. It is mostly non-technical, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I was hoping for something that would bridge the gap between Apple's bundled Hypercard manual and the Goodman handbook. It has a biblio- graphy that might prove useful to some stack designers. The format is a bit too cutesy for my taste, and slightly condescending in tone without being very informative about how Hypercard itself is put together. The price is $16.95. It might be worth having if your department/company will spring for it. Otherwise borrow someone else's. The bottom line is that I do NOT find myself consulting it when I design or edit a stack; for that I still use Danny Goodman.