RIH, Clippy.

(RIH = Rot In Hell)

From the Clippy link:

Have a lot of people been asking about the death of Clippy, since the release of Office 2007?

Not so much recently. He's sort of fallen out of disfavor, so this is probably his last gasp.

I love the idea of falling out of disfavor. For instance, I look forward to the day when Bush is so insignificant that we can't be bothered to hate him anymore.

Hey y'all. We're getting my Dad an ipod for his birthday but he's worried he won't know how to work it. Any recommendations?

I love the idea of falling out of disfavor.

What's even more wacky is that they thought Clippy was ever *in* favour.

We're getting my Dad an ipod for his birthday but he's worried he won't know how to work it. Any recommendations?

I'd say keep it simple and just get a shuffle, since it doesn't require learning an entirely new UI.

Apply has a couple good introductory resources for the iPod [link] and iTunes [link]

iLounge is kind of the premier source for iPod information, and has a great help section: [link]

I'm not sure what kind of reccomendations you're looking for, though. Can you be more specific?

I would recommend against a shuffle, because of the reaction I've gotten every time when explaining you couldn't really choose which songs to listen to on the fly.

Well, I think a nano is pretty easy to learn, but I don't know what kind of benchmark Laga is looking for. I think the shuffle would be pretty straightforward--have music in iTunes, stick the ipod in, music downloads, pull it out. But I think the sticking point would be how much control the user wants over the music s/he listens to. If the user is content to have the crapshoot of the shuffle, and a gig of music s/he ostensibly likes on the go, then shuffle. If the user wants a lot/most/all of their music at all times with the opportunity to add more, then nano or full iPod.

I don't know what kind of benchmark Laga is looking for.

This is kind of what I'm wondering about Laga's question, as I consider the iPod to be (arguably) the most easy to operate device I've ever seen.

It has one button and one scroll wheel. It doesn't get much more easy to operate than that.

Also, I have a new RAZR. I'm inordinately chuffed by this.

This also means I have a new cell phone number, and should try to disseminate it to peeps who want it.

Never mind. My sister decided to go with a cheap MP3 player so she doesn't need anyone to go in with her anymore. Thanks for the info, though!