It's not even close in concept to clippy, but to answer your specific question: > is there software that provides context-specific > messaging in the middl

It's not even close in concept to clippy, but to answer your specific question: > is there software that provides context-specific > messaging in the middle of a workflow that is > actually beneficial and unobtrusive? I can think of several: * Auto-suggestion (google, visual studio) * Spell-checkers (word procesors, browsers) * Gmail's tips (the yellow bar on top with the "undo" link that appears every time you delete/archive/send a message)