Emoticons - Smileys

That sounds like a good idea. What is funny to one person can be taken as offensive by another.
Not everyone has the same sense of humour.

Hi Elibee

Yeah i was thinking of that, it may take some work for the tec guys, they do have a lot on their plate what with the gremlins on the site at the moment.

:-)

Personally, I find Emoticons annoying, but this is just me and I'm probably just being grumpy. However, if the majority wanted them then I would go along with it. However, as the servers can't cope with the photos they won't cope with those as well.

I think it would be a good idea to have some Emoticons {big smile}

(please ..... not the yellow headless hideous ones that I hate that have been mentioned before on this site)

It is easy to express things face to face and another, and another when it is typed out in a Forum format.

Words can be misunderstood very easily indeed by people.

Janet: Yes, the gremlins need to be confronted and caught first though

Regards

Kathy and Dave

I'm like you Sparrow with the emoticons, only I don't find them annoying, I find if I read a post that I think is a bit harsh or taken the wrong way, I find a smile adds to it, as being sarcastic. Maybe I'm paronoid, I find the lol's less offensive. LOL.

I think they're a good idea, they allow you to see the spirit in which a comments was said and made.

It's easy to misunderstand a comment sometimes and offence can be taken when none was meant.

Sparrow - most forums do come with an option to "turn off" emoticons/smileys.  I know I've turned them off on forums I've used as some people go wild with them!

Personally I'm sitting on the fence with this one.  I'd rather have the community working reliably and to be able to see everyone's photos than to see and be able to post smileys.  I can see their use though, sometimes its hard to gain an understanding of a person through how and what they write online.

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Sparrow - most forums do come with an option to "turn off" emoticons/smileys.  I know I've turned them off on forums I've used as some people go wild with them!

The Forum I use/have used offer emoticons as an option - they aren't forced upon you

 I certainly agree that restoring photos is far more important - though I DO wish they'd sort out the duplicate emails I receive when new messages are posted.

Hi Elibee, I'm getting duplicate e.mails too, I never bothered saying anything, I thought it was just me, I'm glad I'm not the only one then.

The following are widely used text versions of smileys.

:-) smile or :)

:P smile with tongue poking out.

:D smile with big grin

:O shocked smiley.

Hope you find these useful, sorry if i am teaching granny as it were :)

Sarah