Bowser - Bowser(TM) is an entirely new genre of software for the Apple Newton MessagePad(TM). Bowser places at the fingertips of its enlightened users, a portable "expert system." MessagePad users from a host of different occupations or fields can call up Bowser and receive step-by-step expert advice, scripted instructions, guideline recommendations, or trouble-shooting help. Bowser accomplishes this with an easy-to-use metaphor that is literally learned in seconds. Using a "flipbook" metaphor, Bowser is, in essence, a sophisticated decision-tree browser. Any non-cyclic, directed graph (computerese) or similar flow chart (for everybody else) can be easily converted within Bowser's intuitive decision-tree-growing environment into a flipbook.