He sat quietly in the bottom right corner of your document. He made a comforting little snapping noise whenever you successfully saved. He even twisted himself into question mark whenever you needed help. Microsoft Word is undoubtedly faster and more high-tech and better now, but something is missing. Where is Clippy
? Apparently, Clippy’s suffered the Great Recession with the rest of us, and he got the ax in 2001. Depressing? Yes. What was Bill Gates thinking? “Most people using Office are pretty high-end users, and they don’t need an animated thing to help them do that,” a PC date analyst said in this article. Disagree! Don’t we all need an animated paper clip to help us through the day? Bring back Clippy, Mr. Gates! Maybe that’s why Apple has taken the lead?
