MR> Recently with the newer java script editors for synchronet, I find
 MR> this happens all the time. One of the authors tried to fix it for
 MR> me, to his credit. He fixed the chainsaw problem, but it then
 MR> started to pull words together, when used as a quote in a reply.
 MR> Kinda like this.
 MR> together, whenused as a quotein a reply. Kindalike this.

that's because they forgot to inject a space when they brought the lines together ;)

 MR> And You are right Carol. Things are getting a bit sloppy out there
 MR> with the editors. You as well as I may remember this, it must be
 MR> something that is tough to work with and may cause problems.
 MR> Remember when Tim Strike fixed this in Telegard? There was actually
 MR> an option in system setup where You could choose to have the
 MR> regular quote or the one that fixed the chainsaw effect. Not being
 MR> a programmer, I don't know what it involves, but it may be
 MR> difficult to fix or they just don't understand what some are
 MR> talking about when it is reported.

the biggest thing that i see is an apparent lack of testing... i mean real
local testing by the author and then testing by a trusted beta team
/before/ allowing the software out into the world to be used by everyone
else... way way way too many coders release alpha quality software to the
masses... many just get it working and out the door it goes... they may
then start adding features and never go back to test it and fix the bugs...
only later will they try to go back but by then there's too much other
stuff layered on top that finding the bugs is a tough battle...

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