Curious if there will ever be a version of Decker, or more features in Decker that are "color friendly" instead of it being sort of a hack/workaround to have color. I know this isn't totally in the spirit of Decker and HyperCard, but I really feel like it would probably encourage more users to gravitate towards Decker. Listen, I am 100% on board with the 1-bit Macintosh aesthetic, and I understand that it keeps the size of bitmaps small... But I feel like it would be nice to have the 16 colors not be so hidden. Let those colors be accessible from the toolbar. Have some sort of palette file, for swapping palettes between cards.
Or... perhaps, if I could be even more bold, some sort of 8-bit color "extension" that allows 256 color palettes, but does not come stock with Decker? Perhaps also some sort of "extension" that allows for QuickTime style videos. I'm just sort of thinking about how it would be nice to author experiences with Decker that are on-par with other experiences of the Macintosh era, like Myst and Director-based games. Of course, this would balloon the size of decks... but this is why perhaps it could be some sort of "extended" feature. I just feel like Decker and Lil are powerful enough that they deserve to be at least this much more flexible as tools. I don't feel like this is feature creep/bloat to ask for. I think as long as Decker doesn't extend itself beyond "System 7" level Macintosh features, it will still be in the Macintosh spirit.
I understand if this is not the ultimate goal of Decker. I just wanted to throw it out there. I still love Decker as it is and will continue to love it. I just would love to make experiences that are a little more 1995 than just 1985.
