Microsoft Bob was a software application from Microsoft, first released in 1995. It was designed to provide a more user-friendly interface for the Windows operating system, similar to the graphical user interfaces (GUIs) of the Macintosh and X Window System. It provided an easy-to-use graphical environment for connecting to the Internet, sending and receiving email, chatting, playing games, and creating documents. The program was designed to be an alternative to the command line-based MS-DOS, which many users found intimidating. It featured a cartoonish, anthropomorphic interface and a simple point-and-click navigation system. Microsoft Bob was intended to be a "gateway" to the Internet, and came bundled with various on-line services, such as an email account, a web browser, a news reader, and a search engine. It also included various productivity tools, such as a word processor, a spreadsheet, a paint program, and a calculator. Despite its initially strong reception, Microsoft Bob failed to achieve widespread acceptance and was discontinued in 1996.
Discontinued The last commitment to the GitHub repository was made on July 7, 2017.
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