Oh yer and here is
Windows Live Messenger 2009 Beta (14.0.5027.908)
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Windows_Live_Messenger/1134403774/1
So you're telling me that whenever you send a custom emoticon in the newest build of MSN, it actually shows up as the animated gif or whatever and not just the shortcut? Because me and several people that I know have had the same issue.
Nice as hell, i now am using Opera and Chrome... but it sucks chrome has some compatibility issues with sites