NationStates Jolt Archive


Microsoft BOB [56k warning]

UpwardThrust
09-08-2005, 21:52
http://www.upwardthrust.us/BOB1.jpg
http://www.upwardthrust.us/BOB2.jpg
http://www.upwardthrust.us/BOB3.jpg
Lord-General Drache
09-08-2005, 21:53
...Erm..I see no picture. Odd. If I quote it, I can see the links. O.o
UpwardThrust
09-08-2005, 21:55
...Erm..I see no picture. Odd. If I quote it, I can see the links. O.o
Fixed :) they could not be bmp
Blu-tac
09-08-2005, 21:55
And the point of showing us them was....
UpwardThrust
09-08-2005, 21:56
NE ways I got bob running on my p4 3.2 ghz work windows xp pro machine :)
UpwardThrust
09-08-2005, 21:57
And the point of showing us them was....
The point was to revisit old interfaces :)

Though some of the computer youngins wont remember

(also brought about by the fact that microsoft was talking about revisiting something simmilar)
Sinuhue
09-08-2005, 22:00
The point was to revisit old interfaces :)

Though some of the computer youngins wont remember

(also brought about by the fact that microsoft was talking about revisiting something simmilar)
Oh wise one, give me some history on Bob...what is it, when did it exist, and why is it not universal???
UpwardThrust
09-08-2005, 22:02
Oh wise one, give me some history on Bob...what is it, when did it exist, and why is it not universal???
It was released for windows 3.11 and windows 95

it died a HORRIBLE death ... the biggest flop in microsoft history ....

Of COURSE I had to find a prated version :)

Anyways they are looking at revisiting and using some of the "alternitive" interface things as options for possibly vista (on top of the current changes to the gui)
Sinuhue
09-08-2005, 22:05
It was released for windows 3.11 and windows 95

it died a HORRIBLE death ... the biggest flop in microsoft history ....


Why did it do so poorly?
Brockadia
09-08-2005, 22:13
Odd, it looks exactly like windows xp to me, except with a warcraft skin, a creepy-looking, paperclip-imitating mouse, and a slightly different minimized-window-tile-thingy - whatever you call that.
UpwardThrust
09-08-2005, 23:33
Odd, it looks exactly like windows xp to me, except with a warcraft skin, a creepy-looking, paperclip-imitating mouse, and a slightly different minimized-window-tile-thingy - whatever you call that.
Top picture is the program ... it is an interactive layout ... most of the objects in there are actualy programs that are runable (and the tombstone with the firefox symbol is firefox imported)
its not just a backround

Lol but I did the shots with it starting up (the bob logo) and with the startbar to show I got it going in winxp when it was made for 95
UpwardThrust
10-08-2005, 15:18
BTW I would like to note that the tombstone in the pic is firefox :p