ORG's emoticons

[Zim]

Are they really outdated? I can think of 5 different forums I've gone on from time to time in the last few years. All are quite big with a lot of posters. I believe 3 are newer than the Org. All but one are heavily populated by users in their teens. They all use the small yellow smilies, often with some additional sets that vary in appearance but still fit in more or less in size and style (like the Warhammer Ork smilies on dakkadakka). Oddly, only the one with the older base (where people in their twenties make up the bulk of the "younger" posters) has much in the way of smilies that are both higher in detail and much bigger than the little generic yellow guy.

I don't doubt there are forums that use entirely different types of smilies, but I'm not sure most people see a yellow one and think "old fashioned" either.

At any rate, no complaints about the new smilies, except maybe their size. Must admit I thought at first they were supposed to be that cat from the old Pokemon cartoon, not onions.

But since I just returned to the ORG after maybe 6 years of absence, I have noticed that how the "outside world" has been changing. The ORG's small smileys really look outdated today, although they did look superb and were the mainstream.

[frogbeastegg]

Nice work, Husar.

So, what do people think?

Must admit I thought at first they were supposed to be that cat from the old Pokemon cartoon, not onions.

Gasp! You mean Meowth!

Yes, I did play the original pokemon game to death, and watched the cartoon series when I came home from school. It's etched into my brain.

[Catiline]

Nope.

[Kagemusha]

[TinCow]

The smiley system has undergone a minor overhaul to try and improve its usability. It is now divided into the following categories:

Commonly Used
Expressions/Moods
Thread/Post Commentary
Actions/Situations
Alcohol
Violent/Aggressive
Objects
People/Creatures
Shogun/Japanese
Christmas
Zodiac
Onion Heads
National Flags
US State Flags
Canadian Flags

Of these Expressions/Moods, People/Creatures, and National Flags are still pretty bulky, clocking in at 210, 122, and 217 smilies respectively. People/Creatures and National Flags contain smilies which don't get much use, so I'm not too concerned about the size of those. Expressions/Moods has lots of commonly used smilies though, and it's still pretty large. I'm not quite sure how to further categorize it though. Also, there is no organization at the moment within these groups. If anyone has any suggestions on further reorganization, or would like to assist in doing intra-category organization, please speak up.

Oh, and when you hit More on the Smilies button, you no longer get a giant list of the smilies. Instead, there's a dropdown menu that allows you to select from the Categories so that you only see those. It defaults to Commonly Used. Staff testing has shown a display error for this feature for a Chrome user, but I have been unable to replicate it. Please let me know if you experience any oddities with this feature; the more information I get on it the better.

[Peasant Phill]

Great work TC.