[JDEV] Emoticons: guidelines

[Mattias Campe]

Dave wrote:
> Reply inline:
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>  - Dave
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> Richard Dobson wrote:
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> Any given client has ten million choices about how to implement emoticons
> if you use something standard like HTTP IMG tags.
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That's just a problem I think, those ten million choices. I want to be 
able to read my messages very fast and actually, emoticons can help me 
with it. Still, untill I know those ten million of choices... pff ... If 
I'm e.g. talking to a black metal guy, I'll probably receive a black 
heart, if I'm talking to an artist it will be some sort abstract graphic 
if I'm talking to... it will be ?

The advantage from Daves system is that sb. can send an emoticon the way 
(s)he intended to! The problem is that it also is the disadvantage: what 
if e.g. sb. likes to have real big emoticons (he doesn't have to care 
that they are so big, he has a 21 inch monitor) so he sends those to me, 
but I actually hate them, they fill half of my (e.g.) 14 inch desktop! 
I'll need whole my monitor to have 1 chat!

Maybe some will say that I can't prevent people from sending big images. 
No, because I can switch off (x)html (or the <img>-part only) and still 
be using the x-element or the colon method to have _my_ emoticons.


Well, just some thoughts
.m.