Classic Mac visitors outnumber OSX ones, 5 to 1.

Apple, along with the rest of the Mac community, at least those writing on the web, seem to have entirely relegated the Classic Mac OS to the dustbin of history. If you browse the Mac sites you might get the impression that virtually all Mac users have moved to OSX by now. But in perusing my referrer logs, I notice that visitors to my sites using the Classic Mac OS (Systems 7, 8 and 9) outnumber the OSX ones, and by nothing less than a whopping 5 to 1 ratio.

Can't say I'm that surprised tho. I was using OSX for a while, and liked it too, but sold my Emac a while ago, and have been using System 9 on an older Mac ever since. Can't say I notice many differences. It's a bit slower, but not that much. One of these days I'll get a newer Mac, but I don't seem to be in much of a rush.

If you are still using the Classic Mac however, I still have the older Hypercard versions of my ebooks available for free downloading. Go to the library ebooks home page, and scroll to the downloads section at the bottom. They still work great, better than ever, in fact. They also work great with the Classic OS running inside OSX. It's a nice HC program, if I do say so myself. The stacks are available in several versions, some that require HC players, which are also there, along with some saved as independent Mac apps. Put a lot of work in it, and it still runs rings around any other ebook program on the market. Even got a five-star review from MacUser back in 1996. For what it's worth.

And, also in the "for-what-it's-worth" department, I still think Jobs made a huge mistake when he decided to stop supporting the Classic Mac OS. He ought to take a look at his referrer logs as well. "Stupid is as stupid does," someone once said.

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