Selfie, Bacon, and Avocado Among Emoji Proposed for Inclusion in 2016's Unicode 9

[Solomani]

You had me at Bacon!

 

[DerekAndonian]

What about a Bitcoin symbol emoji? That would be cool...

 

[noisycats]

Avocado!! Finally.

 

[ShadovvMoon]

Why are all these new icons white? As a green fox I feel offended

 

[bbeagle]

What about a Bitcoin symbol emoji? That would be cool...

Why not one of a leprechaun? Finding one of those is more likely to make you rich than Bitcoin.

 

[Benjamin Frost]

New emojis. Sums up Apple today, sadly.

 

[Eggsavior]

Really sad to see civilization devolving back to the caveman's primitive pictograms.

Cavemen from Altamira and Horseshoe Canyon would disagree.

 

[punchwalk]

There are already too many damn Emoji's to choose from. Are peoples vocabulary so poor they can't use words anymore?

Words take too long to type while driving.

 

[HenryDJP]

Words take too long to type while driving.

If you're driving you shouldn't be texting anyway.

 

[Thunderhawks]

It's a Parisian croissant.

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What about a Muhammed emoji?

That idea would probably be shot down!

 

[RedOrchestra]

What about a Bitcoin symbol emoji? That would be cool...

Is there anyone, other than the mafia and 2-bit drug dealers, actually using Bitcoin?

 

[illitrate23]

is there a 'shark' emoji? and one of a stunt 'jump'? then the consortium could describe itself

 

[heeloliver]

Is slightly transparent window imagery "paying attention to detail"?

I didn't suggest that they should just "throw crap out there" but there's plenty of things that could be done in OS X that would actually make it more usable, more efficient, etc. Was slight transparency on any user's next-gen OS X wish list? If you go back and watch WWDC, that's the first thing they highlight... and then go on and on about it like it's something big.

how does this have anything to do with emojis

 

[Benjamin Frost]

That idea would probably be shot down!

Indeed. Literally.

Judging from the recent Paris attack, the emoji creators would probably be murdered in their offices by Islamic terrorists.

 

[thekeyring]

New emojis. Sums up Apple today, sadly.

This isn't an announcement from Apple.

Besides, if you think Apple only fuss over things like emojis, have you heard of Swift, or Metal, or ResearchKit?

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

how does this have anything to do with emojis

If you care, hop backward through this thread. A guy faults that this thread exists, page 1, post #4:

Remember when you had to download an app from the app store to get emojis?

Now it's a headline feature update on iOS and OS X.

I reply with the transparency example headlining WWDC seeming to justify one rumors site having a "new emoji" thread. Then, as always, some of the ADF have to read some slight or Apple attack into anything said about Apple that is not entirely flattering. So it strays off of topic and turns into "defend Apple". I wasn't trying to slight Apple at all- just rebut a suggestion that this thread had no place here by offering an example that we could all know.

 

[HenryDJP]

Who's exaggerating? He spends a while on it and then even Cook is recapping it later. It's the first "new feature" being discussed. First!

My point was that if that can be a headliner (first feature discussed) at a massive, once-a-year event like WWDC, then a set of new emoji getting a dedicated article on a rumors site doesn't seem like some big deal. I was responding to someone who was ridiculing this rumor as if it didn't deserve to be a post.

While I understand your point, I think you're misunderstanding the real point of WWDC. It's for developers. Pointing out UI changes during the keynote helps developers so they can tailor their applications along with the new UI. I hardly think discussing the evolution of OS X's UI can be compared to an Emoji news article.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

OK, I hardly think faulting a rumors site for having a single post about new emojis is worth activating the ADF. I just offered it as an example, not at Henry, not at heeloliver, not at eliminato but at ButteryScrollin in response to his post #4. I wasn't trying to attack Apple, nor attack the purpose of WWDC or ask Apple to "just throw crap out there"... just a little counterpoint toward justifying why an emoji thread might be justified on a rumors site when it, like making windows slightly transparent, might not seem "headline worthy" (at least I (me, myself) did not find the latter headline worthy).

Anyone who thinks making windows slightly transparent is far more headline worthy at an event as big as WWDC than new emoji in one thread among tens of thousands on a single rumors site, my apologies to you for using that as an example. I actually don't care about new emoji or slight transparency- just trying to participate in a conversation with other Apple people.

 

[nbnbxdnb]

How wonderful!

 

[Allin44]

There are some mind numbingly idiotic comments in this thread. Good grief.

It's baffling how anyone could possibly be annoyed or upset by the existence or inclusion of something as trivial as emojis, let alone a simple article regarding them. Step back from the ledge, folks.

 

[TrueBlou]

Mmmmmm, bacon. That'll save me a lot of typing

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Why are all these new icons white? As a green fox I feel offended

Rough draughts, they won't be released like that. Speaking as a pale blue person, I care not of colour or creed.

 

[Itsnickg13]

Bacon!!!!!!! :d

 

[StyxMaker]

Selfie, Bacon, and Avocado Among Emoji Proposed for Inclusion in 2016's Unico...

Instead of more Emoji, I'd like Apple to arrive at a way of making a permanent subset of our own choices. Not just a handful of recent picks.

Doesn't the Emoji picker have a 'recently used' page? Isn't that essentially what you are asking for?

Ed- Sorry, I missed your last line. I'd better get another cup of coffee.

 

[Solomani]

They should include the Kim Kardashian emoji, because she is the most-referenced celebrity on the Internet.

 

[sero]

I wish they'd work on syncing without needing to copy all apps over instead