removing smiley galore on the right while writing or editing

[mirco]

Hi Friends,


if you want that smiley galore on the right not to be there, here is one method.
Of course, mental methods are welcome. But for the moment it would be

With Firefox: use adblock plus, hit left mouse button and add it to the filter list.
With Opera: hit left mouse button and block content.

Now you can enjoy writing and editing your posts without all that flashing & twinkling.


Regards, :-)

[Ben]

Or one could just ignore it.
kind regards,

Ben

[Alexei]

Now you can enjoy writing and editing your posts without all that flashing & twinkling.

And can't see any smilies within posts.

I prefer piece of paper and some glue.

[mirco]

Now you can enjoy writing and editing your posts without all that flashing & twinkling.

And can't see any smilies within posts.I prefer piece of paper and some glue.

Well, not really.

Under User control panel -> Boards Preferences -> Edit display options
you can choose "No" for "Display smilies as images".

Then you can see them in the texts. In their original form.

[perkele]

Took me a while until I knew what you meant with "smiley galore".
And: Can it be that you live in a mirror world? Left <-> right?

To stop the smileys flashing and twinkling while editing a post I usually just hit "Esc".

[Cittasanto]

What is wrong with just not paying attention to them?
but just tried that esc suggestion and i was surprised it worked

yes I am a techno wiz

[Goofaholix]

What is wrong with just not paying attention to them?

I post from work sometimes, which is acceptable in moderation and/or at break times.

It's not so much the annoyance to me it's what people may think if they happen to glance over my shoulder.

The turning them off option works in the user control panel works for reading posts but not for the writing post window.

I don't know why we need them at all, they seem a bit juvenile to me.

[Goofaholix]

With Firefox: use adblock plus, hit left mouse button and add it to the filter list.
With Opera: hit left mouse button and block content.

Thanks for the adblockplus tip, it works wonders.

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

I don't know why we need them at all, they seem a bit juvenile to me.

Juveniles of all ages are also welcome to post on Dhamma Wheel.

[Ron-The-Elder]

I don't know why we need them at all, they seem a bit juvenile to me.

I felt the same way as you when I first started posting online. I quickly found that communications in this media was flat emotionally, and you really didn't have any clue as to the intent of the poster. Then along came "emoticons", from which the smiley cons evolved.

And now, everything is just swell! ....to emoticons.

[mirco]

What is wrong with just not paying attention to them?
but just tried that esc suggestion and i was surprised it worked

Well, I think that is the very best solution.
Not ignoring, but accepting them and let go of the attention.

I can do that. But not always. Depends, how relaxed and 'sati'-full it is.

This morning, when I started this post, I wasn't at all ;-)

On the other hand the Buddha suggested to visit quiet, secluded places for meditation - with little distraction only.

Removing the smileys with one of the external methods mentioned above makes this 'place' more quiet.

:-)

[Cittasanto]

A couple of quotes are attributing this to me and it certainly isn't the case

I don't know why we need them at all, they seem a bit juvenile to me.

this was Goofaholix responding to my post.

[Cittasanto]

What is wrong with just not paying attention to them?

I post from work sometimes, which is acceptable in moderation and/or at break times.

It's not so much the annoyance to me it's what people may think if they happen to glance over my shoulder.

The turning them off option works in the user control panel works for reading posts but not for the writing post window.

I don't know why we need them at all, they seem a bit juvenile to me.

well if you are worried about what people may thing if they look over your shoulder should you be doing it?

at the end of the day, it is abit of fun, for those in the mood or age (I am certainly of that age at times) it is harmless and most of the time I pay no attention to them unless I am reading a post, or wanting to use them.

May I suggest the teaching of the Buddha found in the Cetana Sutta (SN 12.38).

[retrofuturist]

Greetings,

I like the "ESC" suggestion.



Metta,
Retro.

[Goofaholix]

well if you are worried about what people may thing if they look over your shoulder should you be doing it?

I already addressed that, it's not an issue in moderation.

Nobody here would have an issue with somebody reading the news or similar websites at work from time to time, but no online news website has a twenty or so flashing gyrating yellow gremlins shouting look at me on it.

Just a minor inconvenience.

[daverupa]

flashing gyrating yellow gremlins

[Alexei]

With Firefox: use adblock plus, hit left mouse button and add it to the filter list.

If you add your own filter dhammawheel.com###smiley-box smilies within posts will remain.

[Cittasanto]

flashing gyrating yellow gremlins

LOL

[Ytrog]

I find the box on the right very convenient on mobile devices. If you want to post with minimal exposure to the box type your post in an external editor (like notepad++) and paste it.

And if you see yellow gremlins: it sometimes happens when you pour water over them on your screen