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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: Maybe a good idea : Konqi Desktop Buddy
From:       David Golden <david.golden () oceanfree ! net>
Date:       2001-11-26 13:06:25
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Devil's advocate mode engaged:

Clippy does suck -  but is that simply because MS implemented the idea 
spectacularly badly?   For one thing, clippy interrupts your work, with 
always-on-top dialogs, and doesn't get out of the way when it is told to,
and is difficult to completely disable (you have to massacre the Actors 
direcotry of Office), often coming back when it is closed.

At the same time, things like AMOR, Sheep, etc are extremely popular among a 
certain segment of the population.  They hang around pulling faces etc, but 
do not interrupt your workflow demanding a response.  Why not make them pop 
up the occasional context-sensitive useful tip, instead of the completely 
random tips currently popped up? 

One other note: a lot of the time, people I've seen using Office, when they 
encountered a bug/asked for help,  blamed clippy (even hitting the screen), 
rather than blaming the real culprits, Microsoft.  I'd be interested to know 
how much this displacment of blame helped MS's public image.  People may hate 
Clippy, but they were hating Clippy, rather than attacking some hapless 
support tech.  They may hat MS for inventing clippy, in turn, but that's "one 
hate", rather than lots of hates for all the bugs...

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