what the hell is microsoft bob any way?
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> From: Anthony J. Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [SURVPC] Microsoft Bob GUI
> Date: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 10:43 PM
>
> Dear Detailboy,
>
> Your guesses are correct - Bob never really caught on. I think that
> it was due to a combination of factors:
> - silly name
> - extreme slowness
> - lack of utility for advanced users
>
> Bob was okay for a very beginning user, but it really didn't provide
> the control needed for intermediate or advanced users. There just
> weren't enough ways to customize it to support new applications,
> etc. And most applications never included support for Bob.
>
> All in all, just not a great idea. Or at most, a mediocre
> implementation of a mediocre idea.
>
> Anthony J. Albert
>
> On 19 Oct 99, at 22:26, Detailboy wrote:
>
> > I just now discovered Microsoft Bob. I guess it never caught on?
> > Has anyone ever used Microsoft Bob that would care to comment?
> > It looks a lot like Packard Bell's Navigator GUI or QuickMaster, which
> > was available for the Macintosh 15 years ago.
> >
> > Microsoft� Bob(tm) version 1.0 for Windows�
> > http://www.comtec.com.tr/catalog/products/Bob/default.htm
> >
> <SNIP>
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