The only odd behavior I've noticed on Furi (the java client) is with its Chat feature... Not IRC but the built-in chat. Most of the time, the stuff that shows up in the chat window comes in the form of huge binary packets instead of chat messages. I have successfully chatted with people on a couple of occasions but most of the time I just see junk.

I'm not sure how Furi distinguishes (or triest to distinguish) Furi chat packets from other data on the network. I've also heard that one of the clients (I don't remember which) determines the bitrate of shared MP3s and sends that data out with query replies. AFAIK neither of these "extra" data fit the spec, which calls for an exact format for the different packets.

In other words, it's impossible to say just who's responsible, but I do think bad packets are contributing to the lack of serach results. I think I've found another key problem as well but I'm still doing some testing.

Shaun