Will they ever correct the (s) bug?

Since I don't know when, I always realized, that you can't input the sleepy
half-moon emoticon thingy by typing (s), only with (S). For every other
emoticon-shortcut, it works in lowercase and uppercase, too. (At least for
those, which are one-letter-in-parentheses codes.)

In the MSN Messenger 7.0 BETA I submitted this feedback through the
BetaPlace site. Since then, I haven't been a part of any Messenger betas.

--Szajd

Greetings,

It's not a bug, it's by design.

Mainly because if say:
Did you pick up the orange(s)?

The emoticon would appear for the (s) and make the sentence look wrong. It's actually a
specific exception put in, not an oversight.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--

"Daniel "Szajd" Said" <> wrote in message
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> Since I don't know when, I always realized, that you can't input the sleepy half-moon
> emoticon thingy by typing (s), only with (S). For every other emoticon-shortcut, it works
> in lowercase and uppercase, too. (At least for those, which are one-letter-in-parentheses
> codes.)
>
> In the MSN Messenger 7.0 BETA I submitted this feedback through the BetaPlace site. Since
> then, I haven't been a part of any Messenger betas.
>
> --Szajd

I see...

Well, it makes sense now, probably I didn't realize this, since I never IM
in English.

How did you know this one?

Thanks,
Szajd

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
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> Greetings,
>
> It's not a bug, it's by design.
>
> Mainly because if say:
> Did you pick up the orange(s)?
>
> The emoticon would appear for the (s) and make the sentence look wrong.
> It's actually a specific exception put in, not an oversight.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
> "Daniel "Szajd" Said" <> wrote in message
> news:0E18F66C-710A-479B-AC6A-...
>> Since I don't know when, I always realized, that you can't input the
>> sleepy half-moon emoticon thingy by typing (s), only with (S). For every
>> other emoticon-shortcut, it works in lowercase and uppercase, too. (At
>> least for those, which are one-letter-in-parentheses codes.)
>>
>> In the MSN Messenger 7.0 BETA I submitted this feedback through the
>> BetaPlace site. Since then, I haven't been a part of any Messenger betas.
>>
>> --Szajd
>
>

Hi,

Yeah I was actually just thinking about that as I was writing the post earlier -- really
wouldn't affect non-English speakers.

As for knowing, when you're MVP of a product for 5 years you pick up a few things . In
this particular case I think it just hit me one day (whilst day dreaming or something).

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--

"Daniel "Szajd" Said" <> wrote in message
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>I see...
>
> Well, it makes sense now, probably I didn't realize this, since I never IM in English.
>
> How did you know this one?
>
> Thanks,
> Szajd
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:63677E20-5C71-4462-817D-...
>> Greetings,
>>
>> It's not a bug, it's by design.
>>
>> Mainly because if say:
>> Did you pick up the orange(s)?
>>
>> The emoticon would appear for the (s) and make the sentence look wrong. It's actually a
>> specific exception put in, not an oversight.
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>> --
>>
>> "Daniel "Szajd" Said" <> wrote in message
>> news:0E18F66C-710A-479B-AC6A-...
>>> Since I don't know when, I always realized, that you can't input the sleepy half-moon
>>> emoticon thingy by typing (s), only with (S). For every other emoticon-shortcut, it works
>>> in lowercase and uppercase, too. (At least for those, which are one-letter-in-parentheses
>>> codes.)
>>>
>>> In the MSN Messenger 7.0 BETA I submitted this feedback through the BetaPlace site. Since
>>> then, I haven't been a part of any Messenger betas.
>>>
>>> --Szajd
>>
>>
>