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I wonder if the “Agent” hat iconography was inspired by Forté Agent, the most (IMHO) popular Usenet software for Windows, which used a very similar motif: https
by Lammy 2y ago
I wonder if the “Agent” hat iconography was inspired by Forté Agent, the most (IMHO) popular Usenet software for Windows, which used a very similar motif: https://archive.org/details/forte-agent-1.6 https://archive.org/details/forte-agent-1.6
Love reading this kind of history straight from the creator :)
- cluckindan 2y agoIt’s from the ”Spy vs. Spy” comic strip.
- rzzzt 2y agoI'm seeing Carmen Sandiego in it for some reason, but the modern version (from 2014) has a film noir detective in the same spot (the application icon is still the lady in the hat): https://youtu.be/h-_UNm_gycU?t=94 https://youtu.be/h-_UNm_gycU?t=94
- paradox460 2y agoFor me it's the spy from the wep chips challenge game
- arantius 2y agoSibling already mentions this, but the wording of the article almost directly but not quite says it's "Spy vs. Spy" based. I'm not aware of an official link to document this but https://www.google.com/search?q=spy+vs+spy&udm=2 https://www.google.com/search?q=spy+vs+spy&udm=2 An image search will show you plenty copies of the inspiration for this hat.