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I like them. I agree with Frank H though.

I'm not sure about :p and :P. I think most people think of them as one and the same. The smiley for :P looks more like trailer trash with one tooth sticking out than someone who is sticking their tongue out :)

"Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life."

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I think that :O and :D looks too similar... like the :D-smiley that punbb has.

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Very nice work, they are, as someone said, a little bit warmer than other smiley sets I've seen and I think it fits in perfectly :)

29 (edited by Jansson 2004-05-26 11:46)

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I don't think the :D smilie looks "smiling" enough. And the :O smilie should have a little more round mouth.

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alright, people seem to be generally confused by the different :p and :P smilies, so let's go with the tongue version for both of them - I'll drop the :P cheeky smilie.

here's the set so far:

http://www.mindplay.dk/smilies.gif

I'll take another look at the :O smilie and drop the :P smilie, and post again in a bit...

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Well, that was fast smile ... refresh for the updated GIF - I replaced the big_smile and yikes smilies - personally I think these look much nicer now, but I'll let the people rule - comments?

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The only one I don't like now is the :D. I think it looks better with the mouth filled with teeth. The mouth should also be arced.

Are you going to change the way the light hits them?

"Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life."

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I cannot agree, most people use :D for happiness. I use :D for the happy smiley and :lol: (...) for the mouth filled with teeth, they are different, are they not?

:D

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@Rickard:

arced? you mean the upper lip should bend downwards? have you looked at a "D" lately? the emoticons are supposed to represent the mood implied by the original emoticons, I think? smile

I tried changing the light, but it makes them look very flat in comparison - placing the light like it is now gives them more volume, makes them look more round ... if you move the light, the face shape looks more like a disc than a ball - I wanted them to have a bit of a 3D feel, I think it works well?

@SEM: so we should preserve the previous teethy smiley as lol ? ... anyone else wanna comment on that?

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These smilies looks great smile Really good job.

"Real programmers are those that can sleep in front of terminals ... with their eyes opened."

"Real programmers don't work from 9 to 5. If any real programmers are around at 9am it's because they were up all night."

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maybe this one for lol ...

http://www.mindplay.dk/lol.gif

or is it too much?

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or this one?

http://www.mindplay.dk/lol2.gif

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Make it more like the one we got at this forum.

And I agree with Rickard, on the light-issue. I think they are to yellow/white as it is now... want them to be more yellow/gray-looking.

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hm, well it just doesn't look good -

http://www.mindplay.dk/light.gif

see?

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Here's what I think. :D is a big smile. A big smile is a smile with the mouth open so that you can see the teeth. :lol: is laughing out loud. When I laugh out loud, I look like this:

http://www.mindplay.dk/lol.gif

"Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life."

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Yes, :lol: is not the appropiate shortcut, but it's the one I use. When I see the teeth I think "ironic" or "that was funny", but maybe it's just me :D.

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Rickard wrote:

Here's what I think. big_smile is a big smile. A big smile is a smile with the mouth open so that you can see the teeth. lol is laughing out loud. When I laugh out loud, I look like this:

http://www.mindplay.dk/lol.gif

yeah, some people have a tendency to turn completely yellow when they laugh wink

so your point is we should swap them?

so "colon D" becomes http://www.mindplay.dk/lol.gif

and ":lol:" becomes http://www.mindplay.dk/lol2.gif

or maybe both should just be http://www.mindplay.dk/lol.gif and then http://www.mindplay.dk/lol2.gif should not be used?

or what's your point? smile

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mindplay wrote:

or what's your point? :)

The other way around. I want it to be like this:

:D -> http://www.mindplay.dk/lol2.gif

and

:lol: -> http://www.mindplay.dk/lol.gif

It is my opinion that :D is a big smile, not a laugh.

"Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life."

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good, then we agree on something for once wink

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here's the complete set then:

http://www.mindplay.dk/smilies.gif

any remaining comments, anyone?

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... hmm, actually - eyes pinched for :D is not right, is it? the big smile is right, but should his eyes be pinched?

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... refresh and see the above GIF again - I agree, :D should be the teethy guy, but the previous :D smilie who was then orphaned, looked so happy and cute, I had to adopt him, so he's now known as Mr. :bliss: ... unless everyone thinks that's completely stupid, in which case I'll send him back on the road. People?

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mindplay wrote:

hm, well it just doesn't look good -

http://www.mindplay.dk/light.gif

see?

The one in the middle gets my vote :)

49 (edited by mindplay 2004-05-27 13:44)

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hm, well I don't like it, but if it top-left ligtning is absolutely a must, then I guess I'll try to find a way to make it look at least half-decent ... hmm

(btw, Rickard, why are img's translated to url's in quotes? is it a bug?)

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alright, the GIFs are gone - please preview the entire set HERE from now on!

if only we could have a poll .. smile .. but I guess a manual poll will have to do, so please post your votes now for set A or B?