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1995 - 1996
Microsoft Bob
“Microsoft Bob presented computing through an illustrated domestic environment and animated helpers.”
- Birth year
- 1995
- Shutdown year
- 1996
- Lifespan
- 1 years
- Peak era
- Company
- Microsoft
- Category
- Software
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On Video
A tour of Microsoft Bob
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About This Video
- From:
- TopWindowsTutorials
- Added:
- September 7, 2009
- Length:
- 9:41
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What Was It?
Microsoft Bob presented computing through an illustrated domestic environment and animated helpers. Familiar rooms and objects were meant to make tasks less intimidating than a conventional desktop.
Its brief commercial life made it a memorable example of software trying to teach through metaphor, with personality inseparable from the interface.
The Story
- 1995 The product era documented here begins in 1995. Microsoft Bob presented computing through an illustrated domestic environment and animated helpers.
- 1996 Microsoft Bob reached its documented retirement milestone in 1996. The date identifies the original product’s development, distribution, or support boundary; existing copies and successor projects can have different lifetimes.
How It Died
Microsoft Bob reached its documented retirement milestone in 1996. The date identifies the original product’s development, distribution, or support boundary; existing copies and successor projects can have different lifetimes.
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