Ask HN : Is it time for a clippy clone?

[gritlin]

It is not unusual for a web or mobile app to run into a crash or a bug.

Even when they are working right, users sometime struggle in using those software.

Is it time to bring back a new and improved version of MS Clippy?

Our plan is to make it easier for product managers and business people to light up functionalities in Clippy using a low code editor with out needing the help of a programmer.

They can get analytics on what users are doing and issues they are encountering, and then set up Clippy to respond appropriately.

If you think it is useful, can you post a brief description of your app and how clippy can be useful to you? If you wish me to reach out to you directly please put that in comment too.

Thanks and appreciate the help!

[smoldesu]

There have been attempts at this in the past (https://bonzibuddy.org/download.html) but they aren't remembered fondly by history...

[gritlin]

Thanks. I am thinking of something that is tailored to a given software.

[muchosandwich]

Isn't this what Cortana is supposed to do in Windows?

[gritlin]

Yes. But cortana is specific to windows (at least they never commercialized it to a point where it could work for any software but in theory they could have done that).

What we are trying to do is to build a solution that will work for any applications.

[PaulHoule]

Clippy is still around? Is this just for Windows?

[gritlin]

Sorry I meant our company is planning to build something like Clippy, used it in the title so people can understand the idea quickly.

Thanks!