[JDEV] Emoticons: guidelines

[Peter Millard]

----- Original Message -----
From: "dman" <dman at dman.ddts.net>

[munch]

> As long as the odd graphics and weird text mangling stays off my
> screen, I don't care what else you do with them.  As you're trying to
> devise a text mangling scheme for these emoticons, don't forget that
> some people use IM systems to discuss coding or computer usage.  I
> really hate it when AIM (where most of my friends on IM are) destroys
> lines of shell commands that contain '<' or '>'.  At least exodus
> doesn't have _that_ problem.  If someone (not me) has a coding style
> of :
>     j = func (i) ;
> exodus and msn will be really bad for communication!

I agree that this sucks, and it's also why emoticon usage is an option in
Exodus (as it should be in all IM clients). If you're a person who finds the
emoticon usage getting in the way, then just turn them off. :)

pgm.