Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source
3 hours ago
- #Innovation
- #Open-Source
- #Nostalgic
- Microsoft Comic Chat, an IRC client that turned conversations into comic panels, is now open-source on GitHub.
- Originally released in 1996, it introduced Comic Sans font and used AI-like rules to generate character expressions and gestures from text.
- Developed by David Kurlander and team, with art by Jim Woodring, it represented innovative, playful early web experimentation.
- The open-source release includes original code and AI-powered modernization examples, preserving software history for community exploration.
- Comic Chat reflects 1990s internet optimism, encouraging unconventional creativity in online communication.