Cant imagine why this condescending little piece of software never took off. It gave the computer screen an interface that looked like a room in a house. While the idea may have seemed like a good one, it was a commercial failure due to its limited acceptance with. Microsoft bob provides a new and nontechnical graphical shell interface to desktop computing operations back in era of 1990s. The programs installer file is commonly found as snail bob. Installing microsoft bob on windows vista, xp and older. As we strive to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, were sharing s. While it remained on sale until 1998, bob faded from view. Microsoft bob was a microsoft software product that was released on march 11, 1995 and. It was created to make microsoft windows easier to use.
Bob therefore hardly rates a mention in microsofts official history for 1995. Microsoft bob youtube happy 20th birthday microsoft bob the register windows 8 suffers from the microsoft bob effect microsoft bob no windows 95 youtube microsoft bob. Just to help anyone, there is a difference between bob 1. Microsoft bob presented screens showing a house, with rooms that the.
Bill gates says microsoft bob will make a comeback cnet. M icrosoft bob internal code name utopia is a microsoft software product to supplement the program manager in windows 3. I did not create nor do i own the rights to this software. The program was intended to provide a more userfriendly interface for the windows 3. The most surprising thing about microsoft bobs legacy, however, is that even though microsoft pulled the plug on bob in 1996, it seems that bob is making a comeback. Avoid lowlevel development and build datadriven apps with appenate, a business application development platform.
Bob shows you your performance and gives you insight on how to improve. It presents your desktop as a series of rooms with various selectable objects, and assists you with a friendly animated guide. Designed to be an easier interface for windows 95 users, bob envisioned your computer as his house with you as a guest. The microsoft search engine, bing, has the basic function to serve as a provider of searches directly from the windows desktop, without the need to previously open a web browser. Microsoft bob a tour of microsofts forgotten desktop. Microsoft has been very successful with most of its projects but it has not been the case with this house management game. Microsoft bob was released in march 1995 before windows 95. Create links for facebook, twitter, instagram, you name it. In this video, ill be attempting to install microsoft bob from 1995 on a windows 10. This is from the splash screen of the bob household manager. That dog, later reappeared in the form of the search dog in windows xp.
The youtube app allows you to sign in to your account and keep an eye on any videos youve uploaded to youtube however, you cant upload any videos from this app. Best way to get help unfortunately, this project hasnt indicated the best way to get help. I dont at all remember where i got this copy from as i downloaded it back in 2011. With xeplayer,you can download snail bob 2 for pc version on windows 7,8,10 and laptop. Bill gates says microsoft bob will make a comeback.
Vista does not include a copy of bob, but if you scroll down to the comments, one of my readers has posted. Speaking monday at the microsoft research event, the chairman said microsoft bob didnt get it right, but he thinks the personal assistant. I know it has flunked in addition i know it is discontinued, and is the worst software ever made in the history of computing, but i wanna know deeper much about ms bob. This post originally appeared on april 1, 2007, and was an april fools day joke. View topic request microsoft bob gateway 2000 edition. This is by far the worst computer program ever made.
Microsoft bob an alternate interface for windows from microsoft that was designed for people afraid of computers. This download was scanned by our antivirus and was rated as clean. Set to launch on startup for this video, i launch firefox, internet explorer, itunes, pidgin, gimp, and openoffice in microsoft bob. If you want to play the original levels, just delete level. Microsoft later touted the name as being familiar, approachable, and friendly, and acquired from bostonarea techie bob antia. Microsoft bob free download on every windows xp cd and. Microsoft bob is a computer program that was made by microsoft. The actual developer of the free software is eplaybus. All free windows defender, spywareblaster, mbam and keyscrambler personal.
If you need a dose of microsoft bob overload, check out this everything bob page as well as this one. Introduced in 1996, bob came with a word processor, checkbook and other homeoriented utilities. Let bob know your availability, then let your prospects schedule you on your time. Microsoft bob simplifies home management by bringing everything together in one place.
In order to do that, microsoft decided to replace the desktop and explorer by a house with different rooms which contain certain objects, which you click to start programs. I get this weird feeling like i shouldnt be running this program. Microsoft bob was designed to make computers easier to use for the average consumer. Microsoft bob was a microsoft software product that was released on march 11, 1995 and discontinued in early 1996. Tech support scams are an industrywide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary technical support services. The bob letter writer is a simple word processor designed for the bob environment. The infamous desktop enhancement software why comic sans is. Before windows 95 was released, microsoft had another software program in the works that was designed to make computers easier to use for the novice user. Bob requires a minimum of a 486 with 8 megs of ram, 30 megs of free disk space, and 256 color vga. Microsoft bob presented screens showing a house, with rooms. Youtube apps for nokia belle smartphones microsoft. Ever so accommodating, hed even supply cartoon sidekicks to guide you through simple. Imagine a whole operating system designed around clippy, and you get the crux of microsoft bob. Rather than the desktop metaphor, bob used household rooms decorated with familiar objects.
You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a microsoft agent or microsoft employee and that the phone number is an official microsoft global customer service number. Widely regards as one of greatest failed microsoft ventures. After all, who wouldnt want an operating system thats been hijacked by the bo. In this youtube exclusive ill show you one of microsoft s failed experiments with alternative user interfaces. It used almost all of the ram that i had available with little left to open installed programs within. Bob remembers what you said last and tells you how to follow up next. Its purpose was to make it easier to use your computer and manage your files. So it was time for microsoft to make a revolutionary interface to make using the computer as. One of the weirdest microsoft experiments was microsoft bob. The offline package can be used in situations where the web installer. The theme was though a unique one and had a good feel to it but the execution failed and the game did not manage to make any sort of fan base.
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