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Do Tigers lay Eggs? (Easter Eggs that is?)

Jaffa Cake said:
The word is that Stevie boy cracked down on easter eggs when he returned to Apple. There were certainly a lot more in the pre-OS X days – I haven't heard of any buried away in Tiger yet.
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my guess is no. a few years ago, certain govermental agencies had a policy of not having any undocument software features in it's computer. hence, microsoft couldn''t put easter eggs in windows. moreover, it was large industry change for the most part as well. why give up a big goverment contract because your software contains a little gag from a buntch of overworked, over caffinated developers.
 
superbovine said:
my guess is no. a few years ago, certain govermental agencies had a policy of not having any undocument software features in it's computer. hence, microsoft couldn''t put easter eggs in windows. moreover, it was large industry change for the most part as well. why give up a big goverment contract because your software contains a little gag from a buntch of overworked, over caffinated developers.
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Windows has no undocumented software features? You're joking, right?
 
dejo said:
Windows has no undocumented software features? You're joking, right?
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:D

Well, it depends on whether you're talking about how it works or how it's supposed to work!

On the OS X front...well, a bunch of undocumented stuff has come out. All kinds of stuff like the swirling reload of widgets and the cmd-ctrl-D dictionary interface and stuff were originally undocumented, AFAIK... Putting widgets on the desktop is another example. But I don't know if that's an issue of laziness or wanting to maintain the perception that OS X is intuitive and doesn't need user docs.

But if you're looking for stuff more in the prank realm, which I guess is what really constitutes an Easter Egg, I haven't really heard of anything....
 
Adobe has some

If you have Illustrator CS, click on the drop down menu on the bottom left of your document window while holding down the option key. I think it's cool, and more companies should do it. Let's not be so serious all the time! :D
 

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dejo said:
Windows has no undocumented software features? You're joking, right?
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no

http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=23057&DisplayTab=Article

Does Windows XP contain any Easter eggs?

To supply certain government agencies with software, Microsoft can't include undocumented features, including Easter eggs, in its software. As a result, no Easter
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http://www.jang-group.com/thenews/mar2005-weekly/us-04-03-2005/p8.htm
Computers and Easter Eggs

In the computing domain, any messages, graphics, sound effects, or unusual changes in program behaviour, that occur in a program in response to some undocumented set of commands, mouse clicks, keystrokes or other similar stimuli are known as Easter eggs. Usually created to display program credits or intended as a joke, such features are built in by the programmer for the users of the system to find.

Often found in software (including everything from Operating Systems to web messengers), they can sometimes exist in hardware too. Even some integrated circuit designers have included stuff like images, phrases, and developer initials as part of the construction of the chip, which can be seen only when the chip package is opened and viewed under magnification.
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Legal Issues

The computer software Easter Egg is 'some "hidden, secret code" in a program or operating system, triggered by an undocumented set of commands, usually revealing developer credits, graphics or animation'. So doesn't the "hidden, secret code" part raise any legal issues?

It does. And that is precisely why there are (supposedly) no Easter Eggs in Windows XP. Microsoft couldn't include undocumented features in its programs as it had to supply certain government agencies with software, thus Easter Eggs weren't allowed in the operating system. Similarly, many companies don't allow Easter Eggs, and claim that they will remove any that are found, and discipline the programmers who put them in. Some employees are even rumoured to have been fired for coding such features into their software!
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http://www.conv-tech.com/0104Newz/012004newsP4.htm
WHY NO EASTER EGGS IN XP?

Software developers refer to "undocumented
features" that are hidden in the program as "Easter Eggs." For example, Windows 95, 98, ME and 2000 have hidden screen savers,
developer credits and other features that are activated by particular mouse click and/or text entry sequences. So where are the Easter
Eggs in Windows XP?
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