June 30, 2010
psi im: very obvious and ugly bugs in opensource programs
Another open-source-soft-is-shit post. Sorry for multiple post negative. Next day of linux-is-best-BDSM-tool. Today I installed the popular open-source 'psi' messenger (0.12 version from stable ubuntu 9.04 repository). Here's two chat windows of psi where same friend conversation is handled:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeN8_Xy5DEsL7k5vHsBJsO1_3rZC6QuAkYXm3wLARXPb3M6co93cT62dhdfzGecxNP3zkCmNDDlIG7GlLR7O5SeIlW0cknBp60uJpNnp98WNzWHF34B_LrBVz2RAzDMEHlcULDZA/s200/psi-shit.jpg)
How is such error possible in VERY popular IM?! Seems that developers think like 'oh, such a small bug, let it remain, 'cos I know how to avoid it'.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeN8_Xy5DEsL7k5vHsBJsO1_3rZC6QuAkYXm3wLARXPb3M6co93cT62dhdfzGecxNP3zkCmNDDlIG7GlLR7O5SeIlW0cknBp60uJpNnp98WNzWHF34B_LrBVz2RAzDMEHlcULDZA/s200/psi-shit.jpg)
How is such error possible in VERY popular IM?! Seems that developers think like 'oh, such a small bug, let it remain, 'cos I know how to avoid it'.