emoting (Re: [JDEV] Emoticons: guidelines)
Perry Lorier
perry at coders.net
Fri Apr 19 01:58:14 CDT 2002
> Ok, but I still don't understand how typing:
>
> /me does something
>
> has any advantages over typing
>
> bob does something
>
> given that I know my name is bob. Is the whole point to change the colour
> of "bob"?
>
Example:
<UserA> I was thinking of "bagh"
<UserB> Oh, hrm, maybe "baz" is a better idea
* UserA smacks UserB over the head with a piece of wood
<UserB> Oi! what was that for?
<UserA> You should know that "baz" is hidiously broken and should be
avoided
<UserB> Oh yeah, sorry, slipped my mind, guess I deserved that then.
it highlights that you're "doing" something instead of "saying"
something.
* UserA Sighs
vs
<UserA> Sighs
has two very different meanings. (The first that they sigh, the second
that they say "Sighs")
--
Only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core. -- Hannah Arendt
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