RESOLVED!: Request for a  Smilie (NOT ?, Apple Logo)

[skoker]

I know that some computers, and all of our mobile, PC, and Linux, friends aren't able to make the :apple> symbol, and most computers in the world can't render it correctly from the internet anyways. Would it be possible to get a ':apple:' smilie to use it those occasions, esp. now with the release of the :apple:tv?

We could put it right under the :D and next to the :( *



Anybody else think this is a good idea?


*Depending on current Smilies local 299 contract/collective bargaining agreement.

[amacgenius]

I have no problem typing "Apple" versus (http://i12.tinypic.com/2igy8v6.png) and the Apple TV shouldn't matter.

But, I can see your point.

[mad jew]

My friend is in charge of the alphabet. I'll see what I can arrange.

[MartyMoe]

My friend is in charge of the alphabet. I'll see what I can arrange.

The ENTIRE alphabet? Wow, that's power. Can I buy a vowel? :)

[apfhex]

Being a Mac forum I think this makes sense, since the  is so unreliable.

[dllavaneras]

An Apple smilie would be nice. It'd fill that awful empty space in the smilies box

[jessica.]

Let me know when it is ok to be confused.

[vniow]

Yes, it's getting pretty annoying since the release of the Apple TV that there's a million threads with a ? in place of the logo. I would welcome it.

[tkidBOSTON]

:confused:
Maybe its because I'm forced to use a PC at work, but I have no idea what anyone is talking about! Boxes vs question marks vs images that doesnt load.

[Eraserhead]

:confused:
Maybe its because I'm forced to use a PC at work, but I have no idea what anyone is talking about! Boxes vs question marks vs images that doesnt load.

I'm using Firefox on my iMac and I'm getting it too, also in the Guides section the Apple TV loads as tv

[TheAnswer]

tkidBoston, that's the exact issue, all the boxes and question marks that you see are Apple Logos, which is why the idea for an apple logo smiley is being surfaced.

I'm all for it personally.

[tkidBOSTON]

tkidBoston, that's the exact issue, all the boxes and question marks that you see are Apple Logos, which is why the idea for an apple logo smiley is being surfaced.

I'm all for it personally.

Phew, and here I thought I was going nuts.

I would love to have a logo available that would be universal to everyone on this site. Anyone have any idea how difficult this would be to create?

[Cassie]

Make the logo in the original rainbow colors!

[Don't panic]

c'c

[wmmk]

and it's bbcode could be :?: or:a:
otherwise, we may as well just type apple. anyway, glad someone mentioned this

[dllavaneras]

Rainbow colors? What's wrong with black?

[mlw1235]

The ENTIRE alphabet? Wow, that's power. Can I buy a vowel? :)

She's my friend too, her name is Vanna White (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanna_White).

[mad jew]

Gotta love some Vanna. If we do get a smiley for the Apple logo, I don't think it'll work in thread titles, but that doesn't really matter. :)

[Peace]

I'd love to see that kind of smilie.

Good idea!

[fivetoadsloth]

Yes, this would be really nice.

[aspro]

Yeah, with the new products I can definitely see the benefits of this proposal.

[FleurDuMal]

My friend is in charge of the alphabet. I'll see what I can arrange.

You're friends with Carol Vauderman? :confused:

[SpookTheHamster]

That would be really useful, it's too long winded to type the code every time, and shift+opt+k doesn't post.

[PlaceofDis]

probably a good idea. i'm all for it. :D

[srf4real]

where are y'all getting those little black apples from! I can't find any on my keyboard.:confused:

[SpookTheHamster]

where are y'all getting those little black apples from! I can't find any on my keyboard.:confused:

& # 6 3 7 4 3 ;

[MrSmith]

& # 6 3 7 4 3 ;

?

Well whad'ya know.

Now what?

[SpookTheHamster]

?

Well whad'ya know.

Now what?

Type it with no spaces. Unless the ? was an attempt at typing it gone wrong.

[MrSmith]

?

Nope. Tried it again. As I said, OK in preview but not whan I send.

[srf4real]

& # 6 3 7 4 3 ;


Oh, i thought you had a special key on your Mac that my Kensington keyboard is missing.
My apple keyboard is tied up on the g3 iMac playing iTunes in the garage.

[MrSmith]

Bet you get all the girls too :p

[SpookTheHamster]

Don't preview it and it should work.

[srf4real]

That is actually more work than just typing apple.:rolleyes: :D

[MrSmith]

?

Well alriiiight. I'm the man. But why does preview kill it :confused:

Edit: The b@stard's gone again :mad:

[SpookTheHamster]

Hooray! You have a great power, and with it comes great responsibility.

[dllavaneras]

? can you see me?

EDIT: of course not... we need that smilie stat!

[tominated]

wtf? on my PC it comes up with the word miniml in small text instead of the apple logo

[MrSmith]

So some sort of boycott of MR is in order until The Man delivers on the smiley front.



[Anonymous Freak]

In order to use the 'number' code, you must make sure *NOT* to preview your post. (Or, once you preview, replace the  with the number code again.)

This is because the board software turns the number code into an  even for a preview. Since the Mac OS understands this as a valid character, it displays the  in the preview edit box. But since the board software doesn't understand  it turns it into a question mark. That's also why when you type an  by doing shift-option-k, the board turns it into a question mark.

[Queso]

ó or @ might work better.

óTV

@TV

[EricNau]

ó or @ might work better.

óTV

@TV

I happen to like "@TV"

[Cybix]

another victim of windows here (at work).. urgh :rolleyes:

[steve_hill4]

On a slight tangent, does anyone know of any way of typing the command logo other than switching to the unicode keyboard or trying to find it in Character Palette? Option, shift and control would be fanastic too.

This isn't just for this site, but also writing documents and posting elsewhere, (although I understand non-Mac users may still have problems displaying). It just gets frustrating having to type cmd/command and option/opt and people to ask what key that is every time. A keyboard shortcut that types command and option symbols by just pressing something similar to opt shift k would be great.

And before anyone suggests using the apple symbol instead of command, I don't want to use old Apple ][ legacy symbols for key pressing, they can remain for posting the apple logo.

[Anonymous Freak]

On a slight tangent, does anyone know of any way of typing the command logo other than switching to the unicode keyboard or trying to find it in Character Palette? Option, shift and control would be fanastic too.

This isn't just for this site, but also writing documents and posting elsewhere, (although I understand non-Mac users may still have problems displaying). It just gets frustrating having to type cmd/command and option/opt and people to ask what key that is every time. A keyboard shortcut that types command and option symbols by just pressing something similar to opt shift k would be great.

And before anyone suggests using the apple symbol instead of command, I don't want to use old Apple ][ legacy symbols for key pressing, they can remain for posting the apple logo.

The 'Edit' menu has a 'Special Characters' option (Command-Option-T,) that brings up the Character Palette. In there, under 'Symbols', then 'Technical Symbols' is the Command symbol (called 'PLACE OF INTEREST SIGN', for its European use,) along with all the other 'keyboard' symbols. Unfortunately, there is no keyboard shortcut for either one.

If using a Mac, the numeric code (without spaces) & # 8 9 8 4 ; produces command: ? on this board. Obviously, this only appears on a Mac, and is subject to the same limitations as typing the Apple logo, regarding not using preview, etc. (Option apparently does not work, apparently because it is only available in Lucida Grande Regular and Lucida Grande Bold.)

I happen to like "@TV"

Heh. Apple once had a TV appliance with @ in the name......

It was called the Apple Pippin, and Bandai made it under the name '@World'

[RedTomato]

Firefox on panther on a pb here, and most of this discussion has been complete gibberish to me.

Not nice to have something so broken on a top mac forum, we're letting the side down somewhat eh?

Suspect apple will be running into the same problems themselves now that the aTV has escaped their marketing dept.

I'm all for a new smiley, tho I predict apple will change the name again in a few months.

Ever noticed that the apple sign sits rather awkwardly next to the TV on the aTV box? Not quite their usual level of font tidiness.

[Anonymous Freak]

Suspect apple will be running into the same problems themselves now that the aTV has escaped their marketing dept.

I'm all for a new smiley, tho I predict apple will change the name again in a few months.

Ever noticed that the apple sign sits rather awkwardly next to the TV on the aTV box? Not quite their usual level of font tidiness.

Well, Apple does refer to it as both "tv" and "AppleTV" in their own marketing. Likewise, they refer to the phone as the "iPhone", paving the way for a name change to phone/ApplePhone, should the need arise. So for official Apple marketing, I imagine that tv is the preferred usage, but for typing out, or for websites and similar, they will use AppleTV. (I think the difference in capitalization is interesting, too. "tv" in lowercase with the logo, "TV" in uppercase with the word Apple.)

[RedTomato]

Well, Apple does refer to it as both "tv" and "AppleTV" in their own marketing. Likewise, they refer to the phone as the "iPhone", paving the way for a name change to phone/ApplePhone, should the need arise. So for official Apple marketing, I imagine that tv is the preferred usage, but for typing out, or for websites and similar, they will use AppleTV. (I think the difference in capitalization is interesting, too. "tv" in lowercase with the logo, "TV" in uppercase with the word Apple.)

Interesting, the Apple symbol came through correctly in the above quote in my notification email telling me there was a new post in this thread.

I use Mail.app. Can other people clarify if it comes through properly in Eudora / Thunderbird (windows/osx) / Outlook etc?

[SoldOutMatinee]

Someone teach me how to do the Apple sign thingy, please!

[Texas04]

& # 6 3 7 4 3 ;



I think that the apple logo or smile would be great. Actually if we could have one that like shined every once in a while that would be cool to :).

[Anonymous Freak]

Someone teach me how to do the Apple sign thingy, please!

As mentioned repeatedly throughout this thread, you type in the code & # 6 3 7 4 3 ; (all together though, no spaces,) and the board turns it into the Apple logo. What you are really doing is typing an HTML code for "Unicode character 63743", which, on a Mac, is the Apple logo. But, since this *IS* a valid character on a Mac, if you preview your post before posting, the Apple logo will appear in your text editing window. And the BOARD doesn't know what to make of the Apple logo, so it replaces it with a question mark. By using the "&#number;" notation, you are essentially bypassing the board software. (Where "board" means forums.macrumors.com)

And a shortcut for use in any Mac application is to type option-shift-k. That won't work here, though, for the reasons mentioned above.

So, to recap:

& # 6 3 7 4 3 ; (without spaces) = 

(I'm even attaching a screenshot showing exactly what I typed to get the above line.)

[SoldOutMatinee]

 ....Yay! I did it, thanks for teaching me, ehurtley. :)

[Antares]

She's my friend too, her name is Vanna White (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanna_White).

My friend is in charge of the alphabet. I'll see what I can arrange.

Both of you seriously know Vanna White? I'm sure you're just joking.

Anyway, yeah, I'm all for an Apple Logo smile.

[dernhelm]

As mentioned repeatedly throughout this thread, you type in the code & # 6 3 7 4 3 ; (all together though, no spaces,) and the board turns it into the Apple logo. What you are really doing is typing an HTML code for "Unicode character 63743", which, on a Mac, is the Apple logo. But, since this *IS* a valid character on a Mac, if you preview your post before posting, the Apple logo will appear in your text editing window. And the BOARD doesn't know what to make of the Apple logo, so it replaces it with a question mark. By using the "&#number;" notation, you are essentially bypassing the board software. (Where "board" means forums.macrumors.com)

And a shortcut for use in any Mac application is to type option-shift-k. That won't work here, though, for the reasons mentioned above.

So, to recap:

& # 6 3 7 4 3 ; (without spaces) = 

(I'm even attaching a screenshot showing exactly what I typed to get the above line.)

Those of us typing on Windows machines will have to be satisified with ❦ until we can get home and work on a _real_ computer...

:D

[Anonymous Freak]

Those of us typing on Windows machines will have to be satisified with ? until we can get home and work on a _real_ computer...

:D

Well, you can still type the numeric code, and it will appear correct to those of us on a Mac. :p

[vniow]

So I looked through the thread and I didn't see a single moderator or administrator weigh in on the idea.

To the powers that be, what say you? Thumbs up or thumbs down?

All I know is that I'm tired of looking through a thread and seeing a bunch of boxes where there's supposed to be an Aplple logo.

[PlaceofDis]

So I looked through the thread and I didn't see a single moderator or administrator weigh in on the idea.

To the powers that be, what say you? Thumbs up or thumbs down?

All I know is that I'm tired of looking through a thread and seeing a bunch of boxes where there's supposed to be an Aplple logo.

i was going to post similar question wondering what the Mods and Gods thought of this.

[RedTomato]

So I looked through the thread and I didn't see a single moderator or administrator weigh in on the idea.

To the powers that be, what say you? Thumbs up or thumbs down?

All I know is that I'm tired of looking through a thread and seeing a bunch of boxes where there's supposed to be an Aplple logo.

Agree. And as a demi is saying this, seems it isn't being discussed in the private deity forum either.

One hopes that the silence from the meta-deity / admin level is indicative of some internal discussion going on. (or some understandable post-macworld fatigue)

[vniow]

Agree. And as a demi is saying this, seems it isn't being discussed in the private deity forum either.

It's not a sexy enough topic for the private forum.

[skoker]

It's not a sexy enough topic for the private forum.

Not slippery enough to get under the door, either.

[Love]

Yay, it's been done.:apple:

[Butters]

Yay, it's been done.:apple:
I just noticed too :apple: ..then found this thread in the forum spy
and realized why

[skoker]

:apple: See folks, nagging will indeed get you somewhere.

66591

:apple:

EDIT: Let me be the first to christen ze Apple Smilie in it's proper useage:

:apple:tv

Don't put a space in between them:

:apple:tv

[iW00t]

I still prefer the real deal 

[mjstew33]

Thanks mods. :) :apple:

[pknz]

Fancy. :apple:

[vniow]

And now we have undeniable proof that enough bitching, whining, moaning and complaining will get you what you want.

:apple:



Now, can we have it in the original rainbow colours pleeze? *pouts*

[iMeowbot]

Don't put a space in between them:
I shall forevermore feel obligated to write ':apple: tv'

[wmmk]

:apple: :apple: :apple:
that's cool! but as I said, for those who are too amazing to click on smilies and just type BBCode, :a: would be easier than
:apple:
anyway, thanks, mods!:D

[irmongoose]

:apple: :apple: :apple: :apple:

Thank you. My urge has ended. I will now recede.



irmongoose

[RedTomato]

:apple: indeed.

Thanks, you have restored the :apple: in mine eye.

Who's up for :apple: pie and cream?

Hmm, I'm in the UK.

Ok, :apple: crumble and custard it is then.

[AmbitiousLemon]

Now, can we have it in the original rainbow colours pleeze? *pouts*

...

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

...That's not 16x16 and available from the smilies menu... :(

;)

[dllavaneras]

Cool, just noticed it :)

(And no, I'm not putting the apple like everyone else that has noticed :p)

[Doctor Q]

And now we have undeniable proof that enough bitching, whining, moaning and complaining will get you what you want.Anybody who's ever been a kid already knows that.

[rockthecasbah]

...

I agree, the rainbow would be so bangin'!

[twistedlegato]

:apple: :apple: :apple: :apple: :apple: :apple: :apple: :apple: :apple: :apple:

Sorry i had too!

[dllavaneras]

I know, it's tempting ;)

[Quboid]

I saw the little smiley there before i saw the thread about it.

Pretty interesting where a little nagging can get you huh?
:apple: :p

[zflauaus]

WOW!!! I thought my computer was going crazy until I saw this thread because I earlier had a problem where the regular smiley (:)) face was actually the little AIM man.

I want a piece of :apple: crumb cake.
I have a pack of soure :apple: gum and regular :apple: gum.

I'm so excited!

[Maxwell Smart]

I saw :apple: earlier and I was like, new smiley? ORLY? I like it :) :apple: :apple: :apple: :apple: :apple: :apple:

[mduser63]

I'm glad we've got this new smiley. It might be kind of cool to have some other Mac/Apple-related smilies too...

(Have to try it out too of course :apple:)

[AvSRoCkCO1067]

ooooooo

:apple: :apple: :apple: :apple: :apple: :apple:

[mad jew]

They're quite eye catching, aren't they. Maybe they should be grey instead of black.

*Waits for arn's backslap from too much whining*

[dernhelm]

Thanks mods! It's perfect.

:apple: :apple: :apple: :apple: :apple:

[monke]

Ooo. Look there's an :apple: here.
An :apple: here.










And one here. :apple: :D

[wilmor42]

b b b bangit! :apple: