This is contingent on any conversations we may have with 3rd party keyboard companies.
As for having it as part of the same keyboard, this poses it's own problems. People are accustomed to switching keyboards for emojis, so there will be a 'I can't find it' problem. Layout is important too, we do not want the user to have to excessively scroll in order to find emojis. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-keyboard in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1520893 Title: Emoji should not be a separate keyboard Status in Canonical System Image: Confirmed Status in Ubuntu UX: Triaged Status in ubuntu-keyboard package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The primary use of the keyboard switcher is switching languages. But Emoji are used in every language. They are like symbols, and you don't type symbols by switching to a different keyboard. Rather there is a separate button on the keyboard for switching to symbol entering mode. Having emoji on a separate keyboard means a) monolingual people still need to figure out how to use the keyboard switcher and b) bilingual people have to deal with three keyboards rather than a simple toggle switch (see Bug #1520889). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1520893/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
