the ability to insert emoticons in entries

[one_step_will_take_me]

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.

Poll #13976 the ability to insert emoticons in entries

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 56

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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%)

Comments

[montuos]

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, 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, one_step_will_take_me, did you know you can control the display size of your images by specifying the height and width?