Screen vs Page vs Card

[Richard Gaskin]

Dar Scott wrote:

> 
> On Sunday, March 28, 2004, at 03:59 PM, Marian Petrides wrote:
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>> When I talk to people not familiar with Hypercard, I typically use the 
>> term "screen" which I think is better than "page" because it is more 
>> specific (page implies paper, screen implies video display of some sort).
> 
> I agree.  However, the book metaphor might apply to some applications.  

FWIW, that's exactly the metaphor ToolBook uses, in which what we call a 
"stack" is a "book", and what we call a "card" is a "page".

If there would be no impact on performance or other issues I would vote 
for those synonyms being accepted by the engine.  It would help ToolBook 
users migrating to a less costly, less complicated-to-install system, 
and would allow further distancing from the whole "card" metaphor that 
Apple's bizarre actions with HyperCard have effectively ghetto-ized.

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