The L Bug in MSN Messenger
I was IMing with my sister Leonie when MSN messenger beeped and refused to display what she had just written to me. I asked her to repeat it. Beep again. Repeat. Beep again.
I got her to describe what she'd just typed and it turned out it was the word 'netball'.
Why would 'netball' cause MSN messenger to freak out?
Well, after about half-an-hour of trying various things, we narrowed down the bug to any time a lower-case L ends the line.
It works fine if I type it to her but not her to me. She's on Windows, I'm on Mac so it might be a bug in the Mac client. I've never noticed it before, though. Perhaps not many lines in an IM end with lower-case L.
Comments (4)
Jenni on June 6, 2006:
I think it's just you. I am able to receive l-ending messages from Leonie without any trouble.
Patrick Hall on June 13, 2006:
lol
Tom on Sept. 14, 2006:
It might be something to do with automatic translations from text to emoticons.
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Last Modified: June 3, 2006
Author: James Tauber
f1dave on June 3, 2006:
I have Adium X 0.89.1, and in an msn conversation I can both receive messages ending in l, and send them.
A bug in the actual mac client for messenger, perhaps? Methinks you should switch to a different one ;)