The Alternate Reality Kit (1987) [video]

Reminds me of this one [1]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_lxBwvf3Vk

I remember when I saw it I wanted to play with it - just seemed like a good way to organize things and 'play' with your desktop

When I hear Alan Kay talk dismissively about current applications and interfaces, and the lack of attention given to what was developed at PARC 40 or 50 years ago, I often wish he was more explicit about WHAT was developed. (I have watched the mother of all demos, which is truly awesome, but partial information). This video is another significant chunk, and it puts modern interfaces to shame for their lack of power and imagination. The depth of power here is analogous to the power of Lispy languages, where, until you really understand the concepts, you are ignorant as to how (for example) C++ is in no way "Object Oriented" in the way Alan Kay meant it, how impoverished it is, and how critical late binding is.

There is some nice concepts in here that you can see in some things (like Unreal Blueprints) but the problem it has was you had to use a button for everything, and it just seems a bit clunky.

I would love to see something like this for the web, there's never really been a tool that captures it as close as Yahoo Pipes did.

Interesting; this somehow feels like a hybrid between NI LabView and Baba Is You.

Thought it was an alternative fact kit LOL …