I couldn’t believe my eyes this morning when I read this post over at Google Blogoscoped. It appears that some of the backend for an Easter Egg has been added to Google Docs to make fun of the “thing” Microsoft created back in Office 97 dubbed Clippy. I know, it’s a touchy subject for me as well, but the code in Google Docs points to the Google “Cliply” that you see pictured to the right.
What’s pretty funny is that in their code they specify the strength, charisma, and more of the putrid “paperclip”:
writely.Cliply.init({'strength': 0.4,'dexterity': 0.9,
‘constitution’: 0.7,
‘intelligence’: 0.1,
‘wisdom’: 0.3,
‘charisma’: 0.8});
}
I guess it could be worse… Google could actually make the eyes follow your mouse pointer which would freak out a lot of people. No, there doesn’t appear to be any way to enable Cliply at this point. Thank goodness.
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That is just awesome…way to poke fun at Microsoft!
I still remember the first time I saw clippy in Microsoft Office, the first thing I did was go to the internet and find a way to disable it. The method I found was to rename the directory called “Actors” to “dead Actors”. Once that was done no more clippy.
Oh god dammit…
That is why I love Google.
Clippy - you guys are insane…I much preferred HoverDog
Geezloueeze! What kind of geek doesn’t recognize D&D character abilities?
Very clever. Now, of course, Microsoft will file a lawsuit.
Hope they make him say something like “It seems you’re writing a letter.”
That would be hilarious. I’m sure they could do a lot of things with it that would really get people laughing, but it’s really a matter of how much time it’s worth spending on it.
It’s probably just an easter egg for nerds though.
It is just an Easter Egg, but a good one at that.