Re: aggressive computers (was: Word Processors)

["Brandon S. Allbery" <allbery ece cmu edu>]

In message <3602CAE6.65A163AD@sound.net>, Steve Luzynski writes:
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| However, the cute characters presence/nonpresence should not have
| bearing on whether or not the "You could be doing this a better way"
| type help comes up -- that should appear regardless. Just make it come
| from the assistant if it's enabled and have it be a simple text popup if
| not.
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Gack, no!  Display it in the footer/status bar or something if you must, but 
popups are almost as annoying as dancing gnomes/paperclips/etc.