I Hate Smilies

[Bob Schroeck]

In particular, I hate the little graphic smilies provided by Yuku -- because they can replace a perfectly good bit of punctuation with no warning.

I'm of a mind to turn them off entirely for the board. If anyone's got any kind of a reason why I shouldn't, speak now.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Sofaspud]

If you can do that, I vote Yes. Kill the little buggers, kill them DEAD!

--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs

[Bob Schroeck]

I can turn them off in each forum individually; I'm hoping to find a master control for the whole board though.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Wiregeek]

Execute Order 66
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies

[Morganite]

I'm getting tired of manually turning them off every time I post too. (Although I don't think it'll do anything with the emoticons I use. '.' )

Let the rats, roaches, and smilies drown.

-Morgan. But first... (/PE2)

[Sweno]

One more vote for their death.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy

[Bob Schroeck]

Okay, I'll nuke'em forthwith.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Bob Schroeck]

Okay, done. As it turned out, they were turned off already in more than half the forums. Dunno why -- I don't remember doing so.

I also noted that I had turned off the ability for posters to delete their posts everywhere. I should turn that on, given how many times folks have
doubleposted or otherwise blanked their messages.

I also have the option to turn on polling... I wonder if that's of any use anywhere.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[robkelk]

Okay, done. As it turned out, they were turned off already in more than half the forums. Dunno why -- I don't remember doing so.

I also noted that I had turned off the ability for posters to delete their posts everywhere. I should turn that on, given how many times folks have doubleposted or otherwise blanked their messages.

Thank you, and thank you.

I also have the option to turn on polling... I wonder if that's of any use anywhere.

If you do, I can see polls being used for questions like "should this Politics thread be locked?" or "is this Fenspace character too over-the-top?"
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Morganite]

We can have a poll over whether or not Bob should turn on polling!

... Wait, there's something wrong with that idea...

Also... Are you sure you turned off those things?

-Morgan.

[Bob Schroeck]

There's a toggle I have to hit in every forum -- no global one, dammit. Let me check the toggle for this forum. Be right back.

ETA: Okay, well then, that's a bust. "Enable Smilies" is definitely turned off for this forum, but there you go.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Bob Schroeck]

I'd offer to turn on polling if people want it, btw, except now I wonder if the toggles will do anything.

(The Toggles! They do nothing!)
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[robkelk]

ETA: Okay, well then, that's a bust. "Enable Smilies" is definitely turned off for this forum, but there you go.

Does it disable already-existing smilies, or just new ones?

Let's find out... 8)

Edit: Apparently, it doesn't disable new ones...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Evil Midnight Lurker]

Is it a matter of whether we type them ourselves or use the smiley button on the toolbar ?

Edit: Apparently not.

--Sam

"This is graveness."

[Bob Schroeck]

I might have completely disabled them now. I'm not sure. We'll see.

Are people serious about adding polling? I suppose it might be fun...
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[bmull]

Give it a try. In fact, do what Morganni suggested and put in a poll about allowing polls. It would be a good test on how it would work and would give you
information on possible participant numbers. You might want to ask about limiting it to a poll forum, particular forums or allow them on the whole board.

[Evil Midnight Lurker]

Testing, testing... :hat

--Sam

"Well that guy's nekkid."

[Morganite]

Let's try this again...

:|

Well, looks like they are gone now. Except it doesn't seem to change anything in old posts. (And the toolbar selected ones would probably be untouched in
any case, because it appears to actually put image links in the post text there....)

-Morgan.

[Bob Schroeck]

Yeah, weird that it doesn't nuke the old ones -- because I deleted the "repository" of smiley icons entirely.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Bob Schroeck]

You might want to ask about limiting it to a poll forum, particular forums or allow them on the whole board.

Oh, I don't have to ask -- it's another "turn it on in each forum you want it on in" feature.

I'll turn it on in General/General and do a test poll exactly along those lines.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[ECSNorway]

The reason it didn't replace the old smilies: The code actually replaces the punctuation with a reference to the image.
--
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

[Bob Schroeck]

Ah. Well, that makes sense.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Morganite]

Not so. If you go in to edit EML's post that starts "Is it a matter of whether we type them ourselves" (which, okay, requires being Bob, me, or
EML) the first smiley (which was typed in) is shown as punctuation in the editor, while the second (which was done with the toolbar) is an image link.

What a way to run a railroad...

-Morgan.

[Bob Schroeck]

I'm not surprised. In futzing around with the editor options, I've already determined that there are at least two different ways each to handle all the
other markups. So why should that be any different?
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Evil Midnight Lurker]

Oh, as a historical note: the smiley emoticon was invented twenty-six years ago yesterday. Let us all thank Scott Fahlman of Carnegie Mellon University :-)

--Sam

"I weave a lethal net of baked goods that few can escape."