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    ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Commented Jul 28, 2009 at 19:16
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    Y U POSTING UNICODE Commented Jul 28, 2009 at 19:17
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    It's a bug.​​​​ Commented Jul 28, 2009 at 19:18
  • OK!​​​​​​​​​​​​ Commented Jul 28, 2009 at 19:21
  • The mouseover in the main page shows a lot of boxes. Commented Jul 28, 2009 at 19:22
  • @mmyers what browser? Commented Jul 28, 2009 at 19:25
  • mouseover doesn't appear at all for me Commented Jul 28, 2009 at 19:26
  • @Ian, me too . Commented Jul 28, 2009 at 19:26
  • IE7.​​​​​​​​​​​ Commented Jul 28, 2009 at 19:31
  • And another odd thing, when I copy the Unicode into the comment box, it doesn't show up at all. The character count updates, and backspacing changes the count but doesn't move the cursor. Commented Jul 28, 2009 at 19:32
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    @mmyers, the character has zero width Commented Jul 28, 2009 at 19:36
  • Ah, I see. Commented Jul 28, 2009 at 19:37
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    I could have put the zero-width character in the title, too, but then no one would be able to click it. As a test, I did use it in the title of a post on a forum I frequent. It's completely unclickable and I am completely happy with that. Commented Jul 28, 2009 at 19:46
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    By design, eh? What's the point of enforcing a character limit when you can just fill it with nondisplaying characters? Seriously, where is the sense in that? Commented Aug 4, 2009 at 11:53
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    Wo​​​​​​​​​​​ot Commented Sep 26, 2009 at 11:51

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I got sick of the umpteen bajillion "bugs" opened on this, so we "fixed the bug".

Also made it Zero Width Non Joiner aware.

Enjoy.

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    Was it fixed only for posts, not comments? Commented May 29, 2019 at 22:13
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In retrospect it seems to only be U200B that is unchecked. I thought it was the whole range.

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  • What character is that? Commented Jul 28, 2009 at 19:31
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    zero width space, rofl fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/200b/index.htm Commented Jul 28, 2009 at 19:32
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    P.S. You ruined this whole Question by actually adding content to an answer. Commented Jul 28, 2009 at 19:34
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    It's a bug, man. I'm here to have fun, but I'm also here to report bugs properly. Commented Jul 28, 2009 at 19:36
  • Well, fair enough. Commented Jul 28, 2009 at 19:48

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