Comment by ChrisMarshallNY
7 days 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.
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.
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?