> > See, nerds.  It's a bit like asking a journalist for advice on the 
> > best word processor; they're obsessed by the word count 
> feature, which 
> > no-one else on Earth gives a rats arse about.  Pointless.
> > 
> > Yeah, v1 Clippy was annoying, but later versions were better 
> > (Right-click, hide).  No one noticed, of course, having 
> been scared of 
> > by the nerds shouting 'CLIPPY SUCKS".
> 
> Sorry, but it wasn't just the nerds.
> 
> At the time I was doing some computer support, one of the 
> NUMBER ONE support calls was how to banish that stupid paper 
> clip. This was from regular moms typing out a shopping list, 
> no nerds involved.
> 
> Nerds can be very vocal, but something history has taught me 
> is society VERY RARELY listens to nerds.


Except when it comes to computers, which it why they were calling you.  They
now know that Clippy is bad and Mickey$oft sucks for inventing it, since
that's what the nice smart man on the 'phone told them.

I actually turn it on for some people (Office 2000, 20003), but I change it
to the cat or the dog.  No one complains.  Some of them learn stuff.

Good concept, poorly executed initially, definitely executed by the nerds.

Tony

(Oh, one of #1 items?  Did you mean:
 - The #1 item
 - One of the top items
 - Something else :))

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