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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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ShowOfHands · 03/02/2009 16:13

[jimmyhill] also adopted forthwith.

I too was a 19[cough] nobber at school.

Jux · 03/02/2009 16:10

the words 'gild' and 'lily' spring to mind - as in don't.

PortAndLemon · 03/02/2009 16:08

Mumsnet's quirks (the * and ^ and [[ and so forth) are deliberate choices, not being unaware of the alternatives. By and large, Mumsnetters like it this way. In fact, I now wish other sites would adopt the same tagging conventions because I do them almost-unconsciously now and keep doing them on other sites and having to go back and do [b] and [i] and so forth. Except on the supposedly WYSIWYG sites, which tend to be a nightmare for cross-browser compatibility.

DumbledoresGirl · 03/02/2009 16:04

Actually, although I am perfectly happy with the emoticons here, I do think gunnerbean has a point re some other things. When MN did its overhaul last week, I thought there were going to be some new wonderful innovations on the site, instead of yet another choice of format. Have I missed anything?

SoupDragon · 03/02/2009 16:04

Ah, glad it's not just me I am going to adopt [jimmyhill] for when I suspect someone may not be being honest.

psychomum5 · 03/02/2009 16:02

gunnerbean, if you think this site has crap face, then feck off to where they have faces to suit yours!!!

please very nicely

DumbledoresGirl · 03/02/2009 16:01

Oh yes so it does! And the eye rolling one (that would be a good one for here)

SoupDragon · 03/02/2009 16:01

The sleepy one moves too.

dizzydixies · 03/02/2009 16:00

what about a [forfecksaketodayisnotgoingwellsomeonehelpmebforeIdosomethingdrastictomykids/dh/self (delete as appropriate)] emoticon?!?

DumbledoresGirl · 03/02/2009 16:00

Gunnerbean - the crying one moves. But I take your point.

Original poster
Gunnerbean · 03/02/2009 15:59

None of the ones on MSN groups move - there are not that many of them either. They are just far superior to these here that's all.

I'm not a teenager, don't send text messages and and wouldn't even know how to use Facebook so don't want to see this site bogged down by silly moving graphics and talking smilies but a better range of emoticons would do the site more justice than the poor excuse for emoticons they have here. Hmmm is about the best.

Some of MSN's non moving emoticons are pure class compared to these - swapping these crappy old things for just 10 of theirs would be a huge improvement,. They're much easier to use too - you just have to click on them.

If anyone in Mumsnet Towers or whatever you call it is reading this - go and look at MSN groups and take a few tips from there. The whole process of posting a message there is far simplier than it is here - all this having to put ** and ^^ around things to make it come out in bold and italics is soo prehistoric - can't you do something about it the next time you shut this thing dwon for maintenance?

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HecateQueenOfGhosts · 03/02/2009 15:59

yup. that too.

Christ on a bike but we were nobs.

cyteen · 03/02/2009 15:57

SoupDragon we used to say 'itchy beard' or sometimes just 'beard' when doing the chin rub.

HecateQueenOfGhosts · 03/02/2009 15:56

Oh god yes, soupy. It was very much The Thing when I was at school, back in 19

Very stupid.

psychomum5 · 03/02/2009 15:56

I LIKE the emoticons here, altho I would like an axe waving one.

is THE best face out.

they could do with a couple more, but TBVH, emoticons are for people with no imagination to use discriptive language

DumbledoresGirl · 03/02/2009 15:56

By bluebump on Tue 03-Feb-09 14:51:39
I always look for when i'm on msn and forget it's just on here!

What version of msn do you have? I was party to the adoption of the emoticon from msn to here!

AnarchyHeart · 03/02/2009 15:55

I like the MN emoticons. Less is more and all that.

I hate going on sites with all-singing-all-dancing emoticons. They are just full of thick people using dancing cucumbers when actually words would be a lot more pleasing on the eye and convey the message better.

IMVHO.

mysterymoniker · 03/02/2009 15:55

a vomit one would be good then we wouldn't have to keep reading every 3rd message

HecateQueenOfGhosts · 03/02/2009 15:54

its, not it's

oh the shame.

mysterymoniker · 03/02/2009 15:52

I want a little throbbing loveheart emoticon for when someone posts a nice a picture of a horse/dog/other animal

OhHowMarvellous · 03/02/2009 15:51

I don'[t know but I think you could be a bit politer in your title, it must be awful reading rude thread titles for tech

SoupDragon · 03/02/2009 15:51

See, I think [boggle] conveys it far better than any little yellow face could.

SoupDragon · 03/02/2009 15:50

Did anyone else use to rub their chin and say "Jimmy Hill" to denote they thought that the speaker might be lying?

HecateQueenOfGhosts · 03/02/2009 15:50

no. Nice how it is. We get creative

HATE bouncing emoticons all over the place. A few well chosen words - far better!

That said, I have been banging on campaigning for [boggle] and one that is banging it's head against a wall for BLOODY AGES.

Nobody ever listens to me.

MrsBadger · 03/02/2009 15:48

what I do like is the fact we can put anything we like in square brackets, thereby bypassing the need for the actual picture

eg

[bleurgh]
[ponders]
[nudge nudge, know what I mean, nod's as good as wink to a bliiind bat, eh?]

etc