That is a damned-if-you-damned-if you-don't option. If one turn of the smiley display one is left equally annoying text were the smiley would be. As I have said, I have tuned them out for the most part, but I do get pleasure from killing them when I reply to a msg.BlackBird wrote: You know you can turn them off right Tilt?
For anyone that doesn't know:
Under the User Control Panel -> Board preferences -> Edit display options -> Display smilies as images (OFF)
In defence of smilies
- tiltbillings
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Re: In defence of smilies
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
- purple planet
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Re: In defence of smilies
i like them one advantage of them is if you read a long post and you lose where your at you can locate it by using the smile
Re: In defence of smilies
I Smilies (one or two at a time) !!!
Tilt translation so he doesn't have to vandalise a post. " I love Smilies!!! (one or two at a time) !!!
With metta,
Chris
Tilt translation so he doesn't have to vandalise a post. " I love Smilies!!! (one or two at a time) !!!
With metta,
Chris
---The trouble is that you think you have time---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
Re: In defence of smilies
Emoticons - not necessarily smileys, though - are useful for online communication, as they can help convey the intended tone of one's message. Spelling things out is sometimes too tedious, or takes away the edge.
Hic Rhodus, hic salta!
Re: In defence of smilies
This damn Universe keeps messing with your plans, eh?tiltbillings wrote:That is a damned-if-you-damned-if you-don't option. If one turn of the smiley display one is left equally annoying text were the smiley would be. As I have said, I have tuned them out for the most part, but I do get pleasure from killing them when I reply to a msg.
Hic Rhodus, hic salta!
Re: In defence of smilies
Yes I agree with this. The mode of conversation on a forum is such that people can easily project the wrong emotions and intent upon other posts if said poster hasn't made his mood and intent a talking point. Emoticons are helpful in that case, especially when you wish to convey that what your saying isn't meant to be taken in a hostile mannerbinocular wrote:Emoticons - not necessarily smileys, though - are useful for online communication, as they can help convey the intended tone of one's message. Spelling things out is sometimes too tedious, or takes away the edge.
"For a disciple who has conviction in the Teacher's message & lives to penetrate it, what accords with the Dhamma is this:
'The Blessed One is the Teacher, I am a disciple. He is the one who knows, not I." - MN. 70 Kitagiri Sutta
Path Press - Ñāṇavīra Thera Dhamma Page - Ajahn Nyanamoli's Dhamma talks
'The Blessed One is the Teacher, I am a disciple. He is the one who knows, not I." - MN. 70 Kitagiri Sutta
Path Press - Ñāṇavīra Thera Dhamma Page - Ajahn Nyanamoli's Dhamma talks
- suriyopama
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Re: In defence of smilies
I entirely agree. Sometimes we write something in a colloquial mood, spontaneously and with no intention of adversity or harm, but since there is no visual contact, there is the risk that the other person could take it personally and too seriously.binocular wrote:Emoticons - not necessarily smileys, though - are useful for online communication, as they can help convey the intended tone of one's message. Spelling things out is sometimes too tedious, or takes away the edge.
When our intentions are misinterpreted, sometimes we feel like we would like to
That's why we need those little funny characters