Microsoft BOB – A tour of Microsoft’s forgotten desktop “enhancement”
What is Microsoft BOB? In this Youtube exclusive I’ll show you one of Microsoft’s failed experiments with alternative user interfaces.
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See the recent Microsoft ad featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates. (Sept. 7)
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This was the best Operating System yet.
I have a peculiar fear of old technology; it makes me feel suffocated and
agitated for no reason, also frustration. Microsoft Bob gives me all these
feelings at once.
kindda cool…
So this is the broken condom which resulted in Office “Clippit” Assistant.
Great..
I like this more then the stupid “metro” interface in windows 8.
I grew up using this. It was a GREAT tool for teaching me how to use the
computer when i was a little kid. I liked decorating the rooms and trying
out all the avatars and playing the small assortment of minigames. I liked
when my sibling would unlock a private room for me to visit. Yeah, for
adults, i could see this sucking. But my mother did use it for her work
processing and address book keeping. So i can see how it failed, but it
was pretty awesome in my house.
1:54 What would happen if press the other button
I used to play on this when I was a kid. It was actually kind of fun.
Well, it would be a good help for old people that are starting to use the
computer. It does not seem for kids.
Bob did give us Comic Sans.
I prefer wbob than w8
Finally an original Microsoft product. Awesome
I’ll admit. Microsoft BOB was pretty cute. But it was also confusing. You
can’t do ANYTHING without that dog spamming your screen with tips. Like,
really? Let us learn on our own, Microsoft. I do agree though, BOB did seem
to entertain kids. But the adults must’ve felt embarrassed when they had to
get a task done. Kiddie Interface, annoying-over friendly-dog. Yep, now I
can see why Microsoft took BOB out. When I first heard of Bob.. I just
thought he was a voice like Microsoft Annie or something. But now, seeing
as it was more like a game then something to help people get comfortable
with their computer, I can definitely say that Microsoft had the EVERY
RIGHT to remove Microsoft BOB.
If this was an attempt to make this less “Menacing” This honestly make it a
bit more because holy crap that is a strange interface. Well makes scene
why they reason why it was scrapped.
Microsoft must have been high
Metro interface anno 1995
What’s with those Windows Me / Windows 2000 icons in your Windows 98 SE?
WTF!!!…..
my toe is infected…
well… thank God its not a whole operating system… just a 2d game alike.
Actually BOB project concept was Melinda’s (French) Gates idea. Bill Gates
wife.
Wondering if we’re getting back to this innovative user interface.
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Why in software the analogy with the real world works so well….
I liked it.
I kind of don’t get that
I really just don’t get it.
There are going to be a lot of PC users attaching their dignity and anger
to this.
I do not get the joke. It’s nothing against a computer. The commercial is a
flop.
I am sorry.
Not sure what all the hate is about. This is one of my favorite
commercials.
This actually wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be
Bill Gates featured in many adds for Microsoft; this one, trying hard to be
funny -
Microsoft Ad Strives for Comedy
@ot00s1cko Um… it’s called a joke.
This ad has nothing to do with Apple vs Microsoft. In 2008 MIcrosoft
weren’t at all aimed at smartphones and Mac OS X’s market share was like
4%. It’s now that Apple have sold 220 million iPhones, 100+ million iPads
and Mac sales are going up due to the fact that since Lion OS X is ACTUALLY
the best operating system for those who don’t play PC games or use some
very specific software, it’s now that everyone’s getting so pumped up.
i must say this commercial is a failure. they shoot to be the future and
delicious, but in 2008 jerry seinfeld is past and tiresome. nor did it have
any futuristic appeal.
looks like steve balmer in the background.
If Microsoft actually came out with software that works-then maybe this
would fit the commercial. Cuustomer service and stuff that works is not
exactly the same that it used to be.
Seinfeld was paid $10 Million for this ad.
Try holding down a job without them
My programing compiler is not compatible with mac
Woohooo for the world’s most charitable man! William H. Gates!! m/
@jmanwani7 Not a very effective ad, it doesn’t convey the “cheaper yet same
quality message” well at all. Its also shoes Gates having a hard time
getting his shoes to fit and feel comfortable. Pretty terrible ad, and they
paid Seinfeld some 25 million for it.
It has smart symbolisms that people like you don’t catch.
@MegaSMITH1123 I have tons of respect for him due to his charity, but I
have no respect for his work being able to use a copying machine.
I read a hacker magazine recently detailing how to hijack a UNIX-style
process, probably on Linux. PM’ed specifics.
lol they used his mugshot from the seventies when he got arrested for
speeding in a porsche
Now….. I want to buy some shoes.
Windows is a joke.
@akumacornflakes They were advertising churros and that shoe store. duh
I always laugh at 0:20 for some weird reason.