I think it's a massively fascinating question to ask "Why didn't something like hypercard become the web?"
And please don't knee jerk some story about some Apple decision making. That doesn't matter. If the hypercard model had the value I think it does, someone else should have surfaced and gained momentum.
That didn't happen, and while I don't have the answer for why, I think it would shed some light on why "code as a user interface" for non coders has had only limited successes (Spreadsheets, SQL).
And please don't knee jerk some story about some Apple decision making. That doesn't matter. If the hypercard model had the value I think it does, someone else should have surfaced and gained momentum.
That didn't happen, and while I don't have the answer for why, I think it would shed some light on why "code as a user interface" for non coders has had only limited successes (Spreadsheets, SQL).