They've caused me so many headaches over the years it's amazing to me that they are still actively supported and implemented in any software. What value do they even bring?
#DeathToSmartQuotes
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark#Curved_quotes_an...
This is pure kogir bait (he is your passionate co-positionist), but as far as we can tell, it wasn't the smart quotes.