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Would you care to explain your comment? It sounds like you ran into something odd, like a new smilie, but I don't see anything out of the ordinary.solvs said:
I wasn't being sarcastic. I never pay attention to the order of the smilies (I type them as text instead of clicking), so I tend not to notice if they change, and I can't explain why they would change.
How many different orderings have people observed? Is it flipping back and forth between two arrangements?
How many different orderings have people observed? Is it flipping back and forth between two arrangements?
Not sure, I don't really pay attention either. I just went to click on the :winky: and got the :rolledeyes: and wanted to make sure it wasn't just me. Missed a couple of days here and there last week because I've been trying to get one of them life thingies I keep hearing about.Doctor Q said:
So now I have to go to bed wondering if this is random or someone is just messing with us.
Edit: Wait, that
was supposed to be a Or a I don't even know anymore.
Yep, I noticed this yesterday as well, but forgot to post about it. We have a nice record of the changes in this thread, but the change before this one is in a different thread started by clayj.
I quite honestly don't really notice the changes much, but sometimes it gets me off... it's just b/c by now I know what to type for all of them...
Yes they switched. Mine is arranged just like your post. I just noticed that. I was using the forums this morning and i did not notice it so I think it changed recently.solvs said:
I was expecting you to end with... "but you're still crazy".trainguy77 said:
I know there's a joke in there somewhere, but I'd kinda feel guilty making it.amateurmacfreak said:
Doctor Q said:
It would appear to be more of a random reordering- with smilies unpredictably changing places with each other.
dmw007 said:It would appear to be more of a random reordering- with smilies unpredictably changing places with each other.
As I pointed out in this post, the vertical order always remains the same (starting in top left, read down, then move to the top of the next column and read down again). It's just that the starting smilie changes...I haven't noticed a pattern to that yet. I'm not sure if there isn't one, I haven't looked closely enough, or if we've missed some of the changes and thus our data set is incomplete.
Maybe the hunt for the shifting smilie pattern and its explanation will be the newest puzzle craze, akin to the ninebows mania.
The admins got tired of punching in numbers to re-order the smilies. We could do with 'mischievously evil' smilie.PlaceofDis said:i rarely notice any re-ordering, but i do wish there were more smilies still.
PlaceofDis said:i rarely notice any re-ordering, but i do wish there were more smilies still.
How can you not notice,
it is so disorienting when the smilies change place.
dmw007 said:How can you not notice,
it is so disorienting when the smilies change place.
but i don't click them, or i go by color if i do. i usually know the characters and just type that.
I know starting new threads is frowned upon so I have a suggestion for smilies.
I think for the betterment of this community and to foster good feelings, we should do away with some of the "negative" smilies.
My proposal is that we get rid of these smilies because they make posts more negative in tone.
When someone replies with the emoticon, it's usually a put down or condescension and it's sort of offensive to me.
I think for the betterment of this community and to foster good feelings, we should do away with some of the "negative" smilies.
My proposal is that we get rid of these smilies because they make posts more negative in tone.
When someone replies with the
emoticon, it's usually a put down or condescension and it's sort of offensive to me.
vniow said:
You can't be serious, this isn't a Disney type forum...
Thank-you vniow, i wanted to do the
but decided not toespecially since everything is offensive now
Point taken, spicyapple.
Perhaps making negative smilies available in the Reply to Box window encourages their use, but I think it mostly reflects people's intent to express negative opinions in the first place. The point you make is partly explains why we haven't added many more smilies, as some boards have done, especially the dozens of animated ones with smilies that razz you, bonk each other on the head, throw up, etc. Having those be one click away each time you post would definitely be too much encouragement to use them more than we'd like.
However, a lot what we do here is complain about our technology, Apple or otherwise: reporting our problems and frustrations with hardware, Mac OS X, applications, etc., so and company are a normal part of our discussions. The can be used for good or evil, e.g., showing how clueless an Internet columnist is vs. teasing other forum members in a thread. We shouldn't blame the smilie (very much) for its misuse.
As Winston Churchill once said (or maybe it was Marshall McLuhan): "Smilies don't insult people; people insult people!"
Perhaps making negative smilies available in the Reply to Box window encourages their use, but I think it mostly reflects people's intent to express negative opinions in the first place. The point you make is partly explains why we haven't added many more smilies, as some boards have done, especially the dozens of animated ones with smilies that razz you, bonk each other on the head, throw up, etc. Having those be one click away each time you post would definitely be too much encouragement to use them more than we'd like.
However, a lot what we do here is complain about our technology, Apple or otherwise: reporting our problems and frustrations with hardware, Mac OS X, applications, etc., so
and company are a normal part of our discussions. The can be used for good or evil, e.g., showing how clueless an Internet columnist is vs. teasing other forum members in a thread. We shouldn't blame the smilie (very much) for its misuse.As Winston Churchill once said (or maybe it was Marshall McLuhan): "Smilies don't insult people; people insult people!"
I'd still like a 'drool' one just to express desire and lickability for whatever new products are forthcoming...