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Those predated Bob, by a long time. I remember encountering them in an old Xerox system, in the early 1980s. Bob was awful. However, I have to confess that I
by ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago
Those predated Bob, by a long time.
I remember encountering them in an old Xerox system, in the early 1980s.
Bob was awful. However, I have to confess that I once tried designing UI like that, and learned painful lessons, in the process.
- rezmason 2y agoDoes anyone know of a paradigm original to Microsoft Bob that survived? Other than Rover the Windows XP search dog.
- likeabatterycar 2y agoDoes marrying the CEO count?
- TZubiri 2y agoI'm interested in specifics if you remember them. What Xerox system, are we talking an Operating system? A mainframe? A computer + OS package? An office program? And what were the metaphors specifically, folders or cutting and pasting? Thanks.
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoI'm pretty sure that it was one of these: https://spectrum.ieee.org/xerox-alto https://spectrum.ieee.org/xerox-alto It had folders, a mouse, document icons, and a trash can. I can't really remember much else. It was B&W.