posted by [log in to unmask] (Peter Wehr)
 
>I am aware of a few HyperCard HTML editors, but the original >request was
>for simple solutions and I didn't think modifying any of them >or altering
>Director was as easy as just dealing with HyperCard's or >SuperCard's
>hypertext features ;-).  I am working on set of HTML authoring >tools in
>SuperCard (which I will probably later convert to C++) to >generate,
>indexes, glossaries, picture-bases etc.  If there is interest I >might be
>able to adapt some of this work for a kiosk browser, although I >have a
>feeling that someone will beat me to it.  The advantage of a >SuperCard or
>HyperCard kiosk browser would be that it could easily be >modified to deal
>with non-HTML components.  Food for thought.
 
>Another way to deal with a database kiosk is by using 4th >Dimension as a
>development environment.  Besides being a great database >environment it has
>pretty sophisticated interface tools and you can xcmnd your >way out of most
>other problems.
 
If you are going to use 4D why not just buy the ready made EmbARK which is
built on 4D?  This way you have the database up and runing from day one and
can work on your kisok instead of your database program...
 
As a software tester and the wife of a programmer I feel more people should
look into the off the shelf packages that are ready to use as opposed to
recreating the wheel in every museum as everyone produces another datadase.
 Developing good software takes lots of time, a willingness to work with
buggy stuff until the kinks are worked out, and lots of patience, not to
mention the need for another person to be able to figure out what you have
created and how to fix/update/run it after you are gone.
 
Just my opinion
 
Chrissie Devinney
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