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Microsoft was already into drawn characters a few years earlier. Microsoft Comic Chat[1] was their take on how IRC should look like. It was quite popular for a
by voytec 3y ago
Microsoft was already into drawn characters a few years earlier.
Microsoft Comic Chat[1] was their take on how IRC should look like. It was quite popular for a short time and a bit annoying for users with other IRC clients. MS Comic Chat user sessions would send public messages upon joining channels: "# Appears as ANNA".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Comic_Chat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Comic_Chat
- plastic3169 3y agoMS Comic Chat is long forgotten but it gave us Comic Sans which has amazing staying power.
- hamburglar 3y agoNot sure where this falls on the timeline, but their well-trodden “wizard” UI pattern that uses a series of modal prompt dialogs to walk you through a process also used to be accompanied by a literal cartoon wizard.