Emoji/emoticons, grrrrr...

Kittyfrisk

OK, I admit defeat 
I'm a Mac user & not entirely inexperienced.
I cannot access any of the extended emoticons (drop down menu, upper right hand corner of composition window).
The limited subset plus all the other settings in the formatting toolbar above the composition window, all work fine.
I've tried using shift/ctrl/alt/cmd key combinations but all to no avail.
Tried Chrome & Safari.
As such things go it isn't really a big deal, but I would like to know what's up.
Cheers.

bbill335

ctrl+cmd+spacebar ? or do you mean the forum emoji?

Kittyfrisk

Hi, thanks for responding.
As I said  "I cannot access any of the extended emoticons (drop down menu, upper right hand corner of composition window)."
I can click on the icon (upper right of composition window) & the emoji's become visible, but there is no way to select any of them.
Hence my trying using combinations of the keystrokes (shift+ ctrl+alt+ cmd) as additive keys to a mouse click  i.e. ctrl + click etc.

fastonebaz

Don't worry they don't work for me either on win10.  

fastonebaz

Apparently @digitalscream is building a new site that will features all the emojis in the universe. At least, I hope that's the main goal. 

Kittyfrisk

fastonebaz said:

Apparently @digitalscream is building a new site that will features all the emojis in the universe. At least, I hope that's the main goal. 

Cheers me dear, much appreciated     

WiresDreamDisasters

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Kittyfrisk

^ You know.... it's people like you what causes unrest 
Hope you're doing OK    No index finger icon available yet.

digitalscream

fastonebaz said:

Apparently @digitalscream is building a new site that will features all the emojis in the universe. At least, I hope that's the main goal. 

It is, of course, the primary aim for the new software.

Unfortunately, I've run into many, many real-life issues which have halted development (as some of you know, this year's been a bit of a bitch). Got some time off in December, when I'm hoping to make some tangible progress...

As for the emoticons, it seems that something's changed in Chrome/Safari (they use the same rendering engine) in the last year which has broken them. Honestly...fixing that in Vanilla's not a massive priority for me right now. However, the autocomplete for emoticons still works.

axisus

I don't get why anyone over the age of 14 would want to use an emoticon?

Kittyfrisk

^ Thanks for the update.
As I initially said, 'As such things go it isn't really a big deal..' 
Look after your family & this place will continue to tick over quite nicely  

tone1

I’ve just tried the emojis to see if they work, and mine didn’t 

Kittyfrisk

axisus said:

I don't get why anyone over the age of 14 would want to use an emoticon?

It can help to add nuance, that's all.
Stops many inference/implication hiccups in translation... sometimes.

NPP

Kittyfrisk said:

axisus said:

I don't get why anyone over the age of 14 would want to use an emoticon?

It can help to add nuance, that's all.
Stops many inference/implication hiccups in translation... sometimes.

 sometimes and sometimes not. I genuinely don't know what the symbols mean, and on my screen they are usually too small to make out anyway even if I did. That said, it's probably not the end of civilisation ...

Funkfingers

axisus said:

I don't get why anyone over the age of 14 would want to use an emoticon?

Grindring?

Jimbro66

The extended emojis work ok for me in Safari. Just touch the little </> symbol and the text box will turn cream then choose the emoji from the top right drop-down menu. Then touch </> again to return to the white box. B-)

Kittyfrisk

Of course! It's so obvious, I can't think how I missed it ... 
But seriously, thank you for sharing this.
You are hereby granted wisdom & are elevated to the status of 'Great Sage, Equal of Heaven'. 
=D>

Funkfingers

~O)