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Non-evil program like Smiley Central
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So I've got someone at work who has asked me to install Smiley Central on her computer. Luckily we have our security settings set up so that she was unable to do this herself. I'm not going to do that for her, as it seems like a terribly bad program. However, I don't want to just say no. Does anyone know of a similar free app that doesn't have all the bullshit? I think she just wants to be able to insert little animations and icons in email. I know you can do that without a dedicated program, but she's not the most computer savvy. Any ideas? Is Smiley Central not as terrible as I think it is?
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if you want to be a really nice guy, you can download and test a package of animations and smileys and then make them part of a public use folder.
the professional thing to do would be to tell her that it's not part of her work, and it violates several layers of security, and the answer is no. I know it sucks, but it's a lot easier to piss off a few secretaries then piss off the boss when one of them crashes the network.
I have to tell a lot of the office workers "no" every day for: itunes, instant messenger, screen savers, etc.
If you're dead set on it though, find out exactly what she wants, and make a custom folder of safe stuff so she's not pulling it off the net. You're really opening yourself up though to a flood of requests from other users for more stuff, and they're all going to ask why you did it for her but not for them.