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the ability to insert emoticons in entries
Title:
the ability to insert emoticons in entries
Area:
entries
Summary:
Sometimes it's easier to express things with emoticons and smiles than with words
Description:
sometimes it's easier to express things with emoticons and smiles than with words, so you could make it possible for us to have insert emoticons button in the rich text bar within the others possibilities we have to post an entry such as font colour, font size, images, media, links... I usually insert emoticons using the insert images button, but since there'a lots of it in all sizes sometimes it doesn't look beautiful to see in the blog, with a small font and a big emoticon.
This suggestion:
Should be implemented as-is.
9 (16.1%)
Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
4 (7.1%)
Shouldn't be implemented.
30 (53.6%)
(I have no opinion)
11 (19.6%)
(Other: please comment)
2 (3.6%)
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They don't make me cringe, but I know on some sites I visit with emoticon graphics, there tends to be a problem where text gets converted into an emoticon with no way to opt out (and often no list of what gets turned into a graphic). Like 8) will become an emoticon some places when a user was just trying to make a 1) 2) 3) etc list.
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This, actually, is my standard experience with graphical emoticons: they are almost invariably larger than the font, so inserting them makes the leading uneven, which drives me nuts. So if this suggestion does get implemented, I'd really hope that the emoticons used would be SVG, and carefully calibrated not to exceed the space used by the font.
That being said, I don't see any good reason to deny graphics lovers the opportunity to use graphics as long as there is accommodation for screenreaders, and for those who simply want to be able to turn the images off.
In the meantime,
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And if this isn't possible, could we please keep the emoticon graphics small, as
0: pun not intended :P
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As it is, one of the things I love about Dreamwidth is that the post and comment length limits are so high, that one can spare the extra words to indicate when they're not being serious, and don't need to resort to yellow smiley faces instead. And the lack of graphical smileys means less clashes with the nice layouts, less fruggery with picture-height being bigger than the text's line-height, and much faster, less troublesome display on simpler/older mobile devices.
I would suggest people look up something called emoji if they find the traditional text-based smileys to be too limiting. :) If emoji won't display on your screen, installing Japanese-language fonts/display tools on your system should solve that problem for you quite neatly.