First World AJ Problems
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@scottalanmiller said:
Clippy was malware.
As in the feature integrated into Office? I doubt that...
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@ajstringham said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Clippy was malware.
As in the feature integrated into Office? I doubt that...
Says someone who never used it.
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It was annoying as heck. He tried to predict your activities. Office 2000 was the last version of him I think.
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It was so horrible. So useless and in the way.
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It really crippled Office.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
It was annoying as heck. He tried to predict your activities. Office 2000 was the last version of him I think.
Office 2003 had Clippy too!
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@ajstringham It was crapware/bloatware
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@ajstringham It was crapware/bloatware
Doesn't make it MALware though.
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ThanksAJ.com needs Clippy
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@ajstringham said:
@IRJ said:
ThanksAJ.com needs Clippy
LOVE IT!
Its actually neat novelty to have on your page LOL
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@IRJ said:
@ajstringham said:
@IRJ said:
ThanksAJ.com needs Clippy
LOVE IT!
Its actually neat novelty to have on your page LOL
Ditto.
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@IRJ , some might mistake it for malware though...:P
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@ajstringham said:
@scottalanmiller said:
It really crippled Office.
It wasn't crippling. Besides, it wasn't malware.
It was crippling and drove people to OpenOffice at the time.
Malware is anything that disrupts computer operations which was clippy by intent and actuality.
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@ajstringham said:
@IRJ , some might mistake it for malware though...:P
One could argue that anything that appears as malware... Is.
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It's real name was Clippit, the MS Office Assistant.
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Smithsonian: "[Clippit] one of the worst software design blunders in the annals of computing."
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@ajstringham said:
@IRJ , some might mistake it for malware though...:P
Not likely IMO since most of your visitors are techs and probably remember Clippy or at least references to him. It was just a fun idea, though. Maybe you could do it for one day
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awww clippy, now thems was the days..
