Editing Worldwide Developers Conference (section)

==== Spring, 1988 ====
In the last week of April, in anticipation of the System 6.0 launch, Apple announced several features that would be included in the release. These features included a notification manager that could send data to foreground applications, Macro Maker, a program designed to create keyboard [[macro (computer science)|macros]], Quickergraf, a performance enhancement to QuickDraw, and enhancements to the system's print monitor.

For System 7.0, Apple announced additional features, including functions related to interapplication communication, and [[MultiFinder]] would become a standard, integrated part of the operating system, replacing [[Finder (software)|Finder]]. Apple also addressed issues related to 32-bit graphics, including Color Quickdraw.

Greater multitasking was also emphasized, in the form of interprocess communications.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Flynn |first=Laurie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mz0EAAAAMBAJ&dq=apple+developers%27-conference&pg=PA89 |magazine=[[InfoWorld]] |volume=10 |issue=10 |date=May 2, 1988 |publisher=InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. |pages=1, 89 |language=en |title=Mac OS to Support links Between Applications |access-date=April 2, 2023 |archive-date=April 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421212719/https://books.google.com/books?id=mz0EAAAAMBAJ&dq=apple%20developers%27-conference&pg=PA89 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/mac/pdf/Interapplication_Communication/Intro_to_IAC.pdf |title=Introduction to Interapplication Communication |access-date=April 1, 2023 |archive-date=April 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401110730/https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/mac/pdf/Interapplication_Communication/Intro_to_IAC.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

In addition to these updates, [[Bill Atkinson]] introduced Version 1.2 of [[HyperCard]], which provided support for [[CD-ROM]] and other write-protected media.<ref name=":10">{{Cite magazine |last=Flynn |first=Laurie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mz0EAAAAMBAJ&dq=apple+developers%27-conference&pg=PA89 |magazine=[[InfoWorld]] |volume=10 |issue=10 |date=May 2, 1988 |publisher=InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. |page=89 |language=en |title=Atkinson shows CD ROM Hypercard |access-date=April 2, 2023 |archive-date=April 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421212719/https://books.google.com/books?id=mz0EAAAAMBAJ&dq=apple%20developers%27-conference&pg=PA89 |url-status=live }}</ref>