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Who agrees that the emoticons on this site are crap?

105 replies

Gunnerbean · 03/02/2009 14:47

The site is good but the emoticons are absolute crap, surely they can do better?

They should use the ones from the MSN groups they are far superior to these.

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cyteen · 03/02/2009 17:14

plus there's the joy of the occasional Gin or [grim].

ShowOfHands · 03/02/2009 17:12

I think the emoticons on here are wonderfully expressive. You see the uninitiated look at and are uninvigorated. Used successfully I suggest that has the power to verbally castrate. A well appointed is the passive aggressive's weapon of choice.

Words are lovely.

[slattern]
[befuddled]
[inebriated]
[melancholic]

It just drips off your tongue.

mysterymoniker · 03/02/2009 17:09

harrumph

thumbwitch · 03/02/2009 17:05

oh yes, better. But only just. Having half your head and bod lopped off with samurai swords isn't my definition of nice, Mystery!!

JollyPirate · 03/02/2009 17:04

I love the simple but effective emoticons here. My personal favourites are and nothing says "for gods sake you are SO wrong" like .

mysterymoniker · 03/02/2009 16:59

no, it is nice

a case of actions speaking louder than words

better than this one anyway

OhHowMarvellous · 03/02/2009 16:55

I'm with Buda, I like the bat.

Those ones last year were dreadful weren't they? The other MSN ones on P&L's link are shite.

thumbwitch · 03/02/2009 16:53

not so keen on that one, mystery - might be seen as a tad aggressive, no?

AnarchyHeart · 03/02/2009 16:52

Dunno about plain/rich text but I prefer MN style to more complex ones.

It keeps the focus on content.

raisingrrrl · 03/02/2009 16:52

I like this one.

Tigerschick · 03/02/2009 16:51

Ah - there you go, thank you MrsB - I like 'plain-text posting' ... that's what I meant.

Tigerschick · 03/02/2009 16:50

I like the emoticons we have here and I like the way we get them.
I think that no matter how many we have, there will always be someone saying "why don't we have a xxx one?" ... I like just putting Confused or [ewwww] ... there's more scope for being creative.

MrsBadger · 03/02/2009 16:47

posting in rich text (ie with buttons for italics etc and clickable smilies) is a whole other kettle of coding fish vs plain-text posting

I like plain text and it makes threads much easier to read

and I suspect Tech probably does know what MSN Groups look like, it being his job an' all...

mysterymoniker · 03/02/2009 16:37

this is a nice, simple way to disagree with another poster

Buda · 03/02/2009 16:34

I like the emoticons on here. Am quite fond of them. Esp

Do agree a vomit one would be good.

I do like the bat on the MSN ones though! Very MN.

thumbwitch · 03/02/2009 16:32

pmsl soupy @ constipated.
mystery, I like that one too!

thumbwitch · 03/02/2009 16:30

I love the emoticons on here - they have the best grin.
But I agree we could do with a couple more, as sometimes has to double as Confused and can be taken the wrong way; and we do really need some kind of [ewwww!]

simple but effective, most of these.

(of course, they would have looked fab with bunnets on for Burns Night too )
There's another one that's missing - [disappointed]

mysterymoniker · 03/02/2009 16:29

I like this one

SoupDragon · 03/02/2009 16:28

And here we have constipated

SoupDragon · 03/02/2009 16:27

This one is positively obscene - a cough nobber if ever I saw one.

SoupDragon · 03/02/2009 16:26

What's a cough nobber??

[innocent]

Clattered · 03/02/2009 16:18

OP - how rudely put.

Soupy - yes.

Jux - you are right.

Anyone who remembers last year when BigTech found the gin cupboard and changed all the smileys to lunatic garish freakazoids will be eternally grateful our originals are back.

Aren't my teeth clean?

dietstartstomorrow · 03/02/2009 16:14

The cocktail one would be good.

dietstartstomorrow · 03/02/2009 16:13

I did think we would get some new ones with the new site.

They are a bit out-dated but agree I love , we could just do with a few extra's.

PortAndLemon · 03/02/2009 16:13

These MSN emoticons? I really don't like those, never have. I far prefer the MN versions.