Well said Christopher. -----Original message----- From: Christopher Chaltain Sent: 05/09/2011, 11:56 pm To: Talks Mailing List Subject: Re: [Talks] Some more observations on the E72 symbol table
I'm curious, how do you know you've never received an emoticon in a text message? I'm not sure Talks will indicate this to you on every phone or with every SMS client. I'd never just pick an emoticon at random, but there are other ways to send them. As Stephen says you can just use something like *smile*, "*frown* or even *sarcasm*. Since these all started before you could include graphics, they also have text based equivalents, such as :-), :-( and so on. Sometimes an email, IM or SMS client will convert such text strings into their graphical counterparts to add some color and spruce up a message. Obviously emoticons are totally optional and no one has to use them. I find they're handy when conveying humor or lightness, which sometimes is hard to convey in a text message. Also, just because I'm blind doesn't mean I don't want to make my messages visually appealing to my sighted friends. On 05/09/11 11:00, Bernard Hemmings wrote: > Well I've never received a text message containing one of these > characters. How would you know which one you are sending if talks does > not describe them you could send the wrong one in a given context that > could be offensive as I believe there is one for just about every human > emotion . If someone had just told you their dog had been hit by a car > and killed you would not want to send the wrong graphic character > representing human emotion. > Bernard Hemmings > email: bern...@bhemmings.net > Skype: Bernard Hemmings > Ftp server email: ser...@bhemmings.net > ftp server address: livingaudio.bhemmings.net > Home: 61-02-95841280 > Mobile: 61-0412177799 > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eleanor Burke" > <eleanorbu...@btinternet.com> > To: "Talks Mailing List" <talks@talksusers.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 1:20 AM > Subject: Re: [Talks] Some more observations on the E72 symbol table > > >> Sighted people like them and I send sighted people text messages so >> would like to know these emoticons. >> -----Original message----- >> From: Bernard Hemmings >> Sent: 05/09/2011, 4:13 pm >> To: Talks Mailing List >> Subject: Re: [Talks] Some more observations on the E72 symbol table >> >> >> Well I would rather use the old firmware and do without the smilies I >> doubt >> they will ever be important. >> Bernard Hemmings >> email: bern...@bhemmings.net >> Skype: Bernard Hemmings >> Ftp server email: ser...@bhemmings.net >> ftp server address: livingaudio.bhemmings.net >> Home: 61-02-95841280 >> Mobile: 61-0412177799 >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan" <em...@nextg.my> >> To: "Talks Mailing List" <talks@talksusers.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 12:31 AM >> Subject: Re: [Talks] Some more observations on the E72 symbol table >> >> >>> hi Bernard, >>> >>>> I don't think the smiley table is in the older firmware. >>> >>> yes, the smilies table only introduce in firmware 071.004. is a bonus >>> given by nokia to some s60 9.3 devices such as e72, e52 and >>> etc. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Allan (WKF) >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Talks mailing list >>> Talks@talksusers.com >>> http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks >>> >>> Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: >>> eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ >>> and >>> Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talks mailing list >> Talks@talksusers.com >> http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks >> >> Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: >> eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ >> and >> Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talks mailing list >> Talks@talksusers.com >> http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks >> >> Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: >> eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ >> and >> Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > Talks mailing list > Talks@talksusers.com > http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks > > Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: > eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ > and > Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/ -- Christopher (CJ) chalt...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Talks mailing list Talks@talksusers.com http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ and Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/ _______________________________________________ Talks mailing list Talks@talksusers.com http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ and Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/
