I never used Bob, it was just a little bit before my time[0]. But I thought the general idea to represent the computer's facilities in terms of real-world objec

I never used Bob, it was just a little bit before my time[0]. But I thought the general idea to represent the computer's facilities in terms of real-world objects is not a bad idea if your target audience are casual non-techie users. It's the piece of software everyone loves to mock, because it is such an easy target. The colors in those screenshots are awful, though. [0] My first PC ran Windows 95, and for all the badness that came along with it, it still was big improvement on Windows 3.x