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by voytec 1099 days ago
Microsoft was already into drawn characters a few years earlier.

Microsoft Comic Chat[1] was their take on how IRC should look like. It was quite popular for a short time and a bit annoying for users with other IRC clients. MS Comic Chat user sessions would send public messages upon joining channels: "# Appears as ANNA".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Comic_Chat
2 comments
hamburglar 1099 days ago
Not sure where this falls on the timeline, but their well-trodden “wizard” UI pattern that uses a series of modal prompt dialogs to walk you through a process also used to be accompanied by a literal cartoon wizard.
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plastic3169 1099 days ago
MS Comic Chat is long forgotten but it gave us Comic Sans which has amazing staying power.
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