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Clippit, the default Office Assistant, as seen in Microsoft Office 2000 through 2003. The Office Assistant is a discontinued intelligent user interface for Microsoft Office that assisted users by way of an interactive animated character which interfaced with the Office help content.
Microsoft Bob was listed seventh in PC World magazine's list of the 25 worst tech products of all time [16] and as the number-one worst product of the decade by CNET.com. [17] It was also listed among the 50 worst inventions in Time magazine, which called Bob "overly cutesy" and an "operating system designed around Clippy."
There have also been cases of applications installing browser extensions without the user's knowledge, making it hard for the user to uninstall the unwanted extension. [36] Some Google Chrome extension developers have sold their extensions to third-parties who then incorporated adware. [37] [38] In 2014, Google removed two such extensions from ...
During the PC boom of the 1990s, Microsoft introduced Clippy as a friendly face to help users hone their word-processing skills. An animated paper clip with round cartoon eyes and expressive ...
As of June 2012, there were 750 million total installs of content hosted on Chrome Web Store. [5] Some extension developers have sold their extensions to third-parties who then incorporated adware. [6] [7] In 2014, Google removed two such extensions from Chrome Web Store after many users complained about unwanted pop-up ads. [8]
Musk has rebranded Twitter as X, the apparent beginning of his goal to make an all-in-one app. That seems unlikely at the moment, considering the rebrand into X has been shortsighted at best.
On June 1, 2011, Twitter announced its own integrated photo-sharing service that enables users to upload a photo and attach it to a Tweet right from Twitter.com. [93] Users now also have the ability to add pictures to Twitter's search by adding hashtags to the tweet. [94]
The game is available as a free download and serves to educate users of Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010 [2] how to use the ribbon interface. [3] It is followed by the sequel Ribbon Hero 2: Clippy's Second Chance .