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Re:ClippyJS - Add Clippy or his friends to any website for i... by skrebbel on Monday November 05, 2012 @01:38AM (#4742497)
Somehow, I find the MS word UI even more impressive. You can edit the page, move blocks around, and so on! Pretty well done for something that has no application at all.
Re:ClippyJS - Add Clippy or his friends to any website for i... by milesokeefe on Monday November 05, 2012 @02:55AM (#4742651)
Most of the heavy lifting comes with contenteditable, but it is impressive nevertheless.
Re:ClippyJS - Add Clippy or his friends to any website for i... by rushabh on Monday November 05, 2012 @04:29AM (#4742831)
Wow! I am a frequent visitor of HN and did not know such an awesome feature existed. Wonder why is it not used so often?

http://html5demos.com/contenteditable

Re:ClippyJS - Add Clippy or his friends to any website for i... by skrebbel on Monday November 05, 2012 @09:00AM (#4743431)
Don't get too excited. Its cross-browser support is a mess that makes getting HTML 3.2 layers work to on IE4 and Netscape feel like a party.
Re:ClippyJS - Add Clippy or his friends to any website for i... by lucian1900 on Monday November 05, 2012 @04:40AM (#4742846)
It is used often. All the WYSIWYG editors out there use it.
Re:ClippyJS - Add Clippy or his friends to any website for i... by daeken on Monday November 05, 2012 @02:02AM (#4742550)
This is actually really neat, but isn't this a pretty blatant copyright violation? Reimplementing agents in JS would be fine, but using their actual content seems to cross the legal line.
Re:ClippyJS - Add Clippy or his friends to any website for i... by neoveller on Monday November 05, 2012 @01:14AM (#4742449)
Oddly enough, I'm very compelled to believe Clippy may be a very useful on-boarding tool for new users to websites.
Re:ClippyJS - Add Clippy or his friends to any website for i... by jasondenizac on Monday November 05, 2012 @01:22AM (#4742468)
don't do it, man
Re:ClippyJS - Add Clippy or his friends to any website for i... by neoveller on Monday November 05, 2012 @01:25AM (#4742473)
Just until you've clicked close on him enough times... then never again... you'll miss him, you'll see.
Re:ClippyJS - Add Clippy or his friends to any website for i... by iwaffles on Monday November 05, 2012 @02:04AM (#4742554)
It looks like you're writing a comment. Would you like help?
Re:ClippyJS - Add Clippy or his friends to any website for i... by clippit on Monday November 05, 2012 @02:24AM (#4742593)
It has been discussed before on http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4038194
Re:ClippyJS - Add Clippy or his friends to any website for i... by freditup on Monday November 05, 2012 @01:33AM (#4742492)
Aww, it's missing the robot I always used to use! Pretty funny though, it would be useful for a decent April Fools Day joke. Nice job.
Re:ClippyJS - Add Clippy or his friends to any website for i... by ignostic on Monday November 05, 2012 @01:12AM (#4742437)
Didn't everyone hate clippy?

Someone do a test and tell us the effect on bounce rate/time on site. For science.

Re:ClippyJS - Add Clippy or his friends to any website for i... by bilalq on Monday November 05, 2012 @01:29AM (#4742483)
Yeah, but everyone loved to hate on clippy. Results would swing the opposite way.
Re:ClippyJS - Add Clippy or his friends to any website for i... by mrdazm on Monday November 05, 2012 @01:13AM (#4742443)
Incredibly coincidental that you did this. I was talking to a friend today and brought up forgotten Clippy. Glad to see it reborn and given the JS plugin treatment!
Re:ClippyJS - Add Clippy or his friends to any website for i... by BigFatGangsta on Monday November 05, 2012 @08:26AM (#4743328)
ClippyJs is pretty nice... I used it in http://uglyhack.appspot.com/boingy/ for pure nostalgia.
Re:ClippyJS - Add Clippy or his friends to any website for i... by obeattie on Monday November 05, 2012 @04:16AM (#4742802)
Prepare to see this everywhere next April Fool's day
Re:ClippyJS - Add Clippy or his friends to any website for i... by glennos on Monday November 05, 2012 @03:32AM (#4742727)
I'd love to see this as an easter egg in Windows 8.
Re:ClippyJS - Add Clippy or his friends to any website for i... by zerostar07 on Monday November 05, 2012 @02:16AM (#4742575)
GestureLeft and right seem to be wrong.