Weirdest Bug Ever

Since our beta launch, we have sifted through thousands of bug reports. There have been some pretty strange ones but this one takes the cake! Every now and then a user will email us saying that explorer.exe is constantly using 6% - 10% CPU whenever Digsby is running and drops back down to 0% as soon as they exit Digsby.

We can profile Digsby’s CPU usage to see if something is stuck in a loop but we had no idea how we could affect explorer’s CPU usage. For those who don’t know, explorer is essentially the taskbar and desktop that you see in Windows.

Yesterday, one of our users hunted down the cause. It only affects Windows Vista 64-bit users (it was fixed for Vista 32-bit users in Service Pack 1) and it is triggered when you disable the cursor shadow! When he first posted the info our forum we could hardly believe it so he made a video to prove it.

What’s the weirdest bug you’ve seen in the applications you use?


Digsby/explorer.exe from Brandon Watkins on Vimeo.

http://blog.digsby.com/