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#hypercard

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Dan Morgan :ksu:

I have found that it is really hard to get pixel perfect results when trying to create classic System 6/HyperCard windows using html/css when working with Safari. It is SO OPINIONATED about dithering certain things that are pixel perfect 1-bit pngs and about rounding the corners of form fields.

I switched to using svgs to make a fill for my pinstripe title bars because of the dithering and inserting
-webkit-appearance: none; into CSS to strip out styling of the form fields. #retrocomputing #hypercard

System 6 and HyperCard styled window using css and an svg for the title bar pinstripes.
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Dan Morgan :ksu:

I’m a #GenX year old who took enough compsci classes in the ‘90s that I know the fundamentals. I took Pascal, C, Fortran, and knew BASIC & HyperCard’s scripting language.

But in the folllowing 30 years I was not a programmer, but tinkered along the way. I fell backwards into graphic design and some prototype front end designs in html/css.

I’m having regular “conversations” with ChatGTP while playing around with my Classic Mac CSS ideas.

ChatGTP messes a lot of things up, but it gets damn close that if one has a little knowledge like I do you can progress right along. #vintagecomputing #hypercard

Draggable window using vanilla html/css/js in the style of classic Mac OS and HyperCard.
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Dan Morgan :ksu:

I'm sure there's hundreds of CSS files floating around that mimic classic Mac OS and HyperCard buttons, but I'm trying to redouble my efforts to teach myself frontend development—at least for giggles—and need to do it myself.

I imagine there's better tools than me pasting screenshots into Figma to measure my attempts. (I actually have xScope installed but never played with it yet. Sorry IconFactory folks, I guess I need to purchase a license, huh?)

At any rate, I'm very pleased with my css buttons (on the right). #hypercard #html

HyperCard Stack next to rendered html/css to mimic the look and feel of the same buttons.
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Dan Morgan :ksu:

HyperCard: I remember being disappointed when it didn’t get the attention it deserved when color became so important in Mac OS 7.x. I don’t know why I quit creating stacks but I did. #marchintosh
#hypercard

I’m playing with it a lot in fully booted OS 9 (not emulated or in Classic mode on OS X). OS 9 screams on both my low end G3 and G4s and so does HyperCard. And now in 2025, the 1-bit icons and dithered images are delightful. Yes, I’ve reach the “vinyl” stage of my computing life.

(Remember when computers sounded so much warmer when we we used punch cards?)

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Haderach C. Kwisatch

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