https://dfarq.homeip.net/when-microsoft-retired-clippy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-microsoft-retired-clippy David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Fri, 13 Jun 2025 21:46:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://dfarq.homeip.net/when-microsoft-retired-clippy/#comment-56914 Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:38:53 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=37422#comment-56914 It was annoying, but they should have reworded it instead of just removing it, I thought it was nice

]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/when-microsoft-retired-clippy/#comment-56913 Mon, 14 Apr 2025 04:03:20 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=37422#comment-56913 Clippy was based on Microsoft Agent. Another Microsoft Agent character was Peedy the parrot and it also had text to speech. Back in those days I built a home automation system that had a sensor in the front door and whenever the door opened Peedy would announce “Front Door Open!” Well that backfired a it when we had a son and first I’d hear Peedy say “Front Door Open!” and then our son say “Front Door Open!”. Being taught how to speak by Peedy might qualify as a disability. But what I always wanted was a full screen variant of MS Agent instead of a tiny character on the screen, then you could have an almost life sized representative announcing events and delivering news. Probably impossible for the time.

]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/when-microsoft-retired-clippy/#comment-56911 Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:03:41 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=37422#comment-56911 isn’t Clippy back as AI?

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