Comment by kalleboo

> Even back when HyperCard was relevant, Apple's inability to properly introduce color as a first-class feature was what effectively killed the product

They never hacked color into HyperCard 2 since their plans for HyperCard 3 were too grand - it was going to be a part of QuickTime, so that HyperCard stacks would be multimedia applications delivered as QuickTime movies, including embedding on the web. This was when Apple was spiraling though and it got cut.