Did anyone ever write a little memento/recognition of room-like user interfaces? In my head it‘s nice, interactive, and very fun. Like a videogame where you switch between worlds. Microsoft Bob and Magic Cap are the most popular, but there is a long tail of those in other shells and videogames. - ThreadSky

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aresluna.org • 3 days ago

Did anyone ever write a little memento/recognition of room-like user interfaces? In my head it‘s nice, interactive, and very fun. Like a videogame where you switch between worlds.

Microsoft Bob and Magic Cap are the most popular, but there is a long tail of those in other shells and videogames.

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rachelvetica.bsky.social•3 days ago

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kellypendergrast.bsky.social•3 days ago

i actually feel like i have read a piece on this!! will see if i can dredge it from the memory hole

ichbinilya.bsky.social•1 day ago

I remember playing with Bob and thinking.... do some people really just use their computers like this???

saldavorvali.bsky.social•3 days ago

I remember Packard Bell Navigator on my childhood family PC. Took an average of 30-60 seconds to move from “room” to “room”. Blew my little mind nonetheless.