Just have server send *NM* bitmap instead of speech bubble

by thebruce , Ontario, Canada, Monday, February 18, 2013, 03:14 (4300 days ago) @ scarab

and don't make the bitmap act like a button. In other words don't display the preview box on an empty message.

I don't know if the image should be *NM* or {} or something else that suggests no message. I suppose that no image at all would work but peeps might think that the absence of bubble was a bug.

Seems they went with that.
I didn't suggest that because it takes away the fun HBO had with the *NM* in the subject :) (ie the ability to add side-thoughts to the subject which really was the primary message)

Now we know *NM* is always manually added. *shrug*