Clippy
- April 23rd, 2009
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Apparently I am bizarre, because I am the one person in the history of mankind who liked Clippy.
You know, the paper clip in Microsoft’s Word. Whenever I needed him most, he’d appear. Yes, I AM composing a letter! Thank you!
I’m a believer in personal agents. I think the people who had the foresight to see them coming have been oddly silent lately.
Sometimes Clippy was useful, but I was annoyed because in addition to showing up the few times I did need him, he would also show up an awful lot when I didn’t. Computers weren’t as fast back then, so it might take 10+ seconds to get Clippy to go away.
Ironically, I bet Clippy would be a lot more helpful today, had we not killed him.