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You have to give it to Microsoft. They use Word even for 140 letter documents now! (I understand spelling is a reason, but browsers have spelling now)

mgkimsal 15y ago
Downvoted, understandably perhaps, but nearly every time I see this sort of bug it's because someone has copy/pasted something from MS Word instead of using whatever native client input method was provided (usually a textarea or input field). Yes, blame the rendering script for not encoding properly, but I suspect this was Boehner's team copy/pasting from some internal MS Word doc. Cheap shot - they also likely copy/paste screenshots in to Word and mail those around too, instead of just mailing the actual graphic file. :)
- ben1040 15y ago
  Cheap shot - they also likely copy/paste screenshots in to Word and mail those around too, instead of just mailing the actual graphic file. :) When I was in consulting doing software integration work, few things infuriated me more than client "bug reports" arriving in the form of an email containing a 15 megabyte MS Word doc with a bunch of un-annotated screenshots. I really hope Google someday opens up the awesome bug report/screencap feature in Google+, that lets you highlight part of the screen and redact sensitive parts.
  - mgkimsal 15y ago
    I almost wouldn't mind, except the screenshots are inevitably shrunk down so as to be unreadable. In OSX, the cmd-shift-4 (and 3) keystroke which screenshots right in to a file are near life-transforming. Snap, drag the file into an email, and it's done. I'm sure there are utilities in Windows which do this, but having it built in is great - no apps to start or install.
    - joeyh 15y ago
      Be glad if you've not worked on a project where problem reports can take the form of a blurry, badly contrasted cell phone camera snapshot of the kernel oops that's partially scrolled off the user's screen. :)
    - JonoW 15y ago
      press "Print Screen" and paste into new email? Works well in desktop clients like outlook, less so for web-clients like gmail...
      - mgkimsal 15y ago
        NO ONE DOES THAT ON WINDOWS OUTSIDE OF TECH GEEKS. EVERYONE pastes in to MS Word, then emails that document. That said, from a geek standpoint, I still prefer having the raw image file that I snapped in a folder someplace so I can refer to it later without having to go through sent emails, but that's just a personal preference.
  - ignifero 15y ago
    Actually the "send feedback" link in Google+ does exactly that: asking you to highlight parts of the page where the error occurs and then obscure any sensitive info.
joeyh 15y ago
Here´s my guess. This political tweet was one of many thought up by speechwriters, entered in a word document. It was passed around a few times to make sure it hit the right talking points, perhaps read to Boehner over the phone, and eventually someone copypasted it to the internet.

mgkimsal 15y ago

Downvoted, understandably perhaps, but nearly every time I see this sort of bug it's because someone has copy/pasted something from MS Word instead of using whatever native client input method was provided (usually a textarea or input field). Yes, blame the rendering script for not encoding properly, but I suspect this was Boehner's team copy/pasting from some internal MS Word doc. Cheap shot - they also likely copy/paste screenshots in to Word and mail those around too, instead of just mailing the actual graphic file. :)

ben1040 15y ago
Cheap shot - they also likely copy/paste screenshots in to Word and mail those around too, instead of just mailing the actual graphic file. :) When I was in consulting doing software integration work, few things infuriated me more than client "bug reports" arriving in the form of an email containing a 15 megabyte MS Word doc with a bunch of un-annotated screenshots. I really hope Google someday opens up the awesome bug report/screencap feature in Google+, that lets you highlight part of the screen and redact sensitive parts.
- mgkimsal 15y ago
  I almost wouldn't mind, except the screenshots are inevitably shrunk down so as to be unreadable. In OSX, the cmd-shift-4 (and 3) keystroke which screenshots right in to a file are near life-transforming. Snap, drag the file into an email, and it's done. I'm sure there are utilities in Windows which do this, but having it built in is great - no apps to start or install.
  - joeyh 15y ago
    Be glad if you've not worked on a project where problem reports can take the form of a blurry, badly contrasted cell phone camera snapshot of the kernel oops that's partially scrolled off the user's screen. :)
  - JonoW 15y ago
    press "Print Screen" and paste into new email? Works well in desktop clients like outlook, less so for web-clients like gmail...
    - mgkimsal 15y ago
      NO ONE DOES THAT ON WINDOWS OUTSIDE OF TECH GEEKS. EVERYONE pastes in to MS Word, then emails that document. That said, from a geek standpoint, I still prefer having the raw image file that I snapped in a folder someplace so I can refer to it later without having to go through sent emails, but that's just a personal preference.
- ignifero 15y ago
  Actually the "send feedback" link in Google+ does exactly that: asking you to highlight parts of the page where the error occurs and then obscure any sensitive info.

joeyh 15y ago

Here´s my guess. This political tweet was one of many thought up by speechwriters, entered in a word document. It was passed around a few times to make sure it hit the right talking points, perhaps read to Boehner over the phone, and eventually someone copypasted it to the internet.