Propsoal: Remove the ability to use graphic smilies.

[COBOLdinosaur]

Question: Should smilies be removed?

[COBOLdinosaur]

I like smilies, and I think the collection we have are a lot of fun... BUT...

That add overhead to the system, and many don't think they look very professional.  So in keeping with the professional neature of the site.  I think they need to go.

[keneso]

Question: Should smilies be removed?

That is not a proposal, that is a question, you even say so  :)

That add overhead to the system, and many don't think they look very professional. So in keeping with the professional neature of the site. I think they need to go.

Now, that is a proposal, you do propose, and motivate the reason for your proposal
 =D>

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I think even in a professional environment, having something fun does not hurt; of course if the overload means more expenses, and the risk of not being able to stay online, the choice is obligatory.
I would take out the "silly ones", this could be an ammendement, but for the sake of the consultation I won't ask for you to do so, and let it be a plain "yes they go", "no they stay"

[Anonymous]

I think they detract.

Maybe if the smilies were all K.I.S.A. (Knights In Shining Armour) rather than the smileys.

[Huntress]

I'm not fond of them either.  I'm too used to using my old standby ;-)

[CrYpTiC_MauleR]

remove smilies. I use =o) instead too

[nicholassolutions]

personally I kind of like them, though I would not use all of them, and for tech stuff I guess they really are unnecessary. The reason I'd get rid of them is they make everyone's posts the same. For instance, CM's smileys are different than the ones I usually use -- it gives everyone some personality to type them out in ascii.

Now, before I miss my chance to use this one:
 :violent3:

-Matt

[coral1]

I wouldn't mind a basic set of them <static>, but find myself typing them out, half the time anyway. So it's not like I would miss them.

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[Daydreams]

Smileys don't look all that professional, and we don't need any more images than necessary.

One can use emoticons just as well:-)

[Zyloch]

Indeed, I especially like:

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Check out http://www.netlingo.com/smiley.cfm for all your needs.

[Esopo]

I suggest we keep a list of the top 10 (or so) smilies and use very sober graphics.

[CrYpTiC_MauleR]

What prevents a user from doing this...

:D  :)  :(  :o  :lol:  8)  :?  :shock:  :mad:  :P  :oops:  :cry:  :wink:  :roll:  :twisted:  :evil:  :!:  :?:  :idea:  :arrow:

and making the post unsightly? People will abuse the smilies, if I was someone looking for an asnwer to a tech question, I would not want to have all these smilies cluttering up a post and distracting me from finding my solution.

[nicholassolutions]

I agree -- much as I love toying with them myself sometimes, it would drive me bugsh*t to have to look at stuff like that all the time.

[Esopo]

C_M,

If you run into someone idiotic enough to post 25 smilies in a row, he is going to give us more problems than just his love for smilies.

Most of the smily usage in forums is limited to: here! I'm making a fun remark!  :)

Which I think will blend perfectly with the site if we reduce the loudness of the yellow images (and not have them animated).

[Esopo]

Also, smilies are an important aspect of the technical discussion.

Sometimes, the only way to tell a newbie that his site utterly sucks is by ending the phrase with a a happy face.

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Listen webdev16n00b, if you came to my office with that website, I would pay you to go away :)