Microsoft is fixing the Outlook bug that causes “:)” to revert to “J”
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Microsoft is fixing the Outlook bug that causes “:)” to revert to “J”
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Re: Microsoft is fixing the Outlook bug that causes “:)” to revert to “J”
#2That's what that was!? I aways wondered why some people would end their emails to me with "J". At first I thought it was a typo, then I thought it was just some encoding issue. Never knew I was missing out on smiles.
Re: Microsoft is fixing the Outlook bug that causes “:)” to revert to “J”
#36 years of this bug, and now they're fixing.
Re: Microsoft is fixing the Outlook bug that causes “:)” to revert to “J”
#4I wish they would fix thread locks when syncing exchange accounts with slow internet. Been able to reproduce it super easily and recorded it on video but no output in system logs.
Re: Microsoft is fixing the Outlook bug that causes “:)” to revert to “J”
#56 years of this bug, and now they're fixing.
Microsoft is run by salesmen. Code that yields bullet points on a box takes priority. Code that just smoothes things out for the user is considered a pointless threat to the bottom line and is therefore deferred indefinitely.
Re: Microsoft is fixing the Outlook bug that causes “:)” to revert to “J”
#6That's what that was!? I aways wondered why some people would end their emails to me with "J". At first I thought it was a typo, then I thought it was just some encoding issue. Never knew I was missing out on smiles.
I always assumed there was some piece of Internet wisdom I didn't that the "J" represented.
Re: Microsoft is fixing the Outlook bug that causes “:)” to revert to “J”
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Re: Microsoft is fixing the Outlook bug that causes “:)” to revert to “J”
#86 years of this bug, and now they're fixing.
Microsoft is run by salesmen. Code that yields bullet points on a box takes priority. Code that just smoothes things out for the user is considered a pointless threat to the bottom line and is therefore deferred indefinitely.
Microsoft Outlook on the Mac (specifically meeting invites) has borked bullet lists repeatedly for me.
Of course, in this case, it's "not Windows" so it must suck worse than the Windows version.
Re: Microsoft is fixing the Outlook bug that causes “:)” to revert to “J”
#9Would be interested to hear a public PIR on what excuse they make up for this taking them 6+ years to fix on such a widespread bug.
Re: Microsoft is fixing the Outlook bug that causes “:)” to revert to “J”
#106 years of this bug, and now they're fixing.
That's because it's only a bug if you're not using Microsoft software.