It'll wander around and entertain itself. As soon as you do that, a little Shimeji will drop onto your screen. Shimeji-ee is incredibly easy to install. Well, there's a great program that aims to capture the feeling of those programs - Shimeji-ee.
However, it can't be denied that they brought a touch of personality to your computer and many people sorely miss the days when there were a ton of different assistants to choose from. They took up space on your desktop and gave useless advice and were often in the way far more than they helped. Desktop assistants, by all standards, were horribly designed.
