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02-09-2007, 06:05 PM
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Is anyone else noticing that our emoticons have suddenly adopted multiple colours? Or... is my computer malfunctioning again....  This is what I'm getting 
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02-09-2007, 06:06 PM
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| | Nope, I see them as well, creepy looking as I thought green always meant "I feel sick" and not "I feel like touching something naughty" |
02-09-2007, 06:08 PM
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| | Yes, much more colorful, and rather more...emotive. 
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02-09-2007, 07:48 PM
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| | lol! OK, good to see I'm not the only one
For a moment, given the psychedelic colours, I wondered if my computer has snuck off to do something illegal during my absence.  
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02-09-2007, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by dragon wench  lol! OK, good to see I'm not the only one
For a moment, given the psychedelic colours, I wondered if my computer has snuck off to do something illegal during my absence. | No, that would have to be Buck's computer which is worshipping its neural navel in the dead of the Fargo winter. 
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02-09-2007, 09:28 PM
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| | Err, sorry about that. Earlier today, I realized that a handful of images in the /forums/ directory were never uploaded during the last upgrade, so I uploaded the missing images from the original vBulletin installation archive. Apparently my upload also overwrote most of our old smilie images.
I've replaced the colorful smilies with the originals again, but would be willing to leave some of the colorful ones if people really like them. The only problem is that they're really designed to be placed on a white background, so they don't look too good when used in our layout.
Contrary to popular belief, the smilie change had nothing to do with the subzero weather we're having in Fargo  . |
02-09-2007, 09:30 PM
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| | I kind of like them, Buck. Up to you, but I think we should keep these new, colorful ones. And it wouldn't be a bad idea if we could have more, either.
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02-09-2007, 09:36 PM
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| | That's odd. I didn't encounter any different coloured smilies when I used Firefox and Internet Explorer just now. Only when I used Opera, then the smilies are of different colours. Weird. 
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02-09-2007, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by fable I kind of like them, Buck. Up to you, but I think we should keep these new, colorful ones. And it wouldn't be a bad idea if we could have more, either. | I agree with this, they add a funky "groovy" feel to the place. The only one I don't care for is the green grin...even if the grin smilies used around here do often have some kind of sick connotation behind them...
I'm also not sure about the "cool" smilie, it seems a little indistinct, but I don't think it's entirely bad either.
The rest, IMO, look great! Indeed, if the board could handle it, a few more along these lines would be nifty.
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testingtest12Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
testingtest12.......All those moments ... will be lost ... in time ... like tears in rain.
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02-10-2007, 08:14 PM
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| | Alright, I've reuploaded the more colorful ones. If anyone prefers the old images, let me know and I'll start a public poll to determine which set of images has the most support . |
02-11-2007, 03:16 AM
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| | Thanks, Buck. For a moment, I thought I was seeing things as I was able to see the coloured smilies when browsing the GB forums with Firefox.
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02-12-2007, 09:56 PM
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| | | At first, I didn't like the new ones at all.
Now I think they're OK, except for the "smilie" smilie (even if it's yellow, i don't think it's the same, it has weird eyes) and the "confused" smilie (it's much smaller than the others and doesn't express confusion well, maybe some questionmarks should appear above the head, like at the previous one, but at least in my PC they don't show).
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02-13-2007, 07:50 AM
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| | There is indeed something above the "confused emoticon." I am just not sure what it is – possibly three black darts, but who would do such a thing to the poor little fellow?
Well, the new emoticons seem to cheer up the perhaps little bit colourless overall appearance of these forums and since these new emoticons seems to have gotten pretty popular around the net, why not? Wouldn’t it be an clear improvement? Yet, those good old yellow emoticons have this nostalgic feeling in them – I’ve been used to seeing them for a quite some time now, and I think it would be a pity if they kept on disappearing.
The poll is a good idea to find out what people think of this, and if there is going to be one, I guess I have some time to decide my side on this matter, which is kind of funny as I really don’t use emoticons. However, I don’t think that many would mind if there were some “extra” custom smilies to choose from for a month or two to find out which ones people like to use. Of course it creates some extra work on the staff’s side, but even when quickly browsing through the threads it is quite apparent which ones people like to use.
Well whatever the future holds, there seems to be another conspiracy at hold. A new topic in a form of a documentary, parodying the covering up of political scandals, at least I think it is a sketch that could work.   |
02-13-2007, 08:03 AM
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| | I would say there is question marks at the top of the confused -smilie. THose are just so small and it's hard to make the difference, especially when used here. As Buck said, some of them were meant to suit better on white background...
Nevertheless, I like these new smilies.
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02-13-2007, 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Kipi I would say there is question marks at the top of the confused -smilie. THose are just so small and it's hard to make the difference, especially when used here. As Buck said, some of them were meant to suit better on white background... | In Opera right now, on a black background, all I get is a much smaller blue, round "sad" icon for the confused one. I know the three question marks are supposed to be there, just as they were, before, but I can't see them any longer.
Really like EEK, though.
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