A friend of mine is looking for a development environment similar to Hypercard (pref. open source) that will enable his to create standalone apps (obv. with the runtime included). He's not looking to make any money from these, hence the interest in open source, but does need to be able to provide most of the functionality associated with Hypercard (incl. video playback) as well as data grids. I've looked at a number of for-pay options and things like PythonCard (not rich enough in controls) and Shoes, but they don't seem to fit his requirements. LIkewise, he's not a "heavyweight programmer" (his description, not mine) so something at the level of Hypercard seems to be the best fit. Anyone working on or know of anything like that?<p>Thanks!
I'm curious, is there a reason the apps need to be standalone (e.g. performance)? A modern web site could do a good job of displaying the kinds of data you mentioned.