Comment by ChrisMarshallNY
2 months 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.
Does anyone know of a paradigm original to Microsoft Bob that survived? Other than Rover the Windows XP search dog.
Does marrying the CEO count?
I'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.
I'm pretty sure that it was one of these: 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.