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Although the audience in the chat rooms of SE sites are generally different from sites like , say, Facebook. You usually just don't chat about unrelated random stuff in SE chat rooms (with the possible exception of Lounge<C++>, that room is awesome!) but still I sometimes do feel the need of coded smilies. Like those in Facebook Chat, Chatango etc. (you know , type :) for a smile, :( for a sad face etc.)

Can the developers please include this feature in SE Chat soon?

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  • What's wrong with textual ones?
    – user176326
    Commented Jan 16, 2012 at 7:53
  • @simchona nothing, but pictures just look a bit better. :)
    – ApprenticeHacker
    Commented Jan 16, 2012 at 7:54
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    Rule of thumb: If it's a feature Facebook has, we probably don't want it.
    – yannis
    Commented Jan 16, 2012 at 7:55
  • So it doesn't really fix anything or add anything? I don't think I'd want the developers trying to implement that.
    – user176326
    Commented Jan 16, 2012 at 7:56
  • For bonus points, consider rewriting this as a bug report :)
    – yannis
    Commented Jan 16, 2012 at 7:58
  • @ZaphodBeeblebrox No thanks.I've gotten enough points as it is. (4 downvotes). :(
    – ApprenticeHacker
    Commented Jan 16, 2012 at 8:05
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    I find it incredibly offensive when chat/IM programs replace what I intended to type (a textual smiley) with some kind of graphic. I always turn this off, but I'm still bothered knowing the person on the other end is probably receiving silly animated graphic smilies from me.
    – user229044
    Commented Jan 16, 2012 at 13:23
  • Public Anouncement: Please every one. I get your point! Would you please spare me the little rep. I have left and stop downvoting? Thank You.
    – ApprenticeHacker
    Commented Jan 16, 2012 at 14:37

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...get out.

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By means of example, here's an excerpt from today's transcript of the Super User chat room.

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Thanks, but no thanks.

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    God, it's horrible!!! That's it. I'm flagging my own question! Sorry for my request, if any developer is seeing this, please forget what I asked.
    – ApprenticeHacker
    Commented Jan 16, 2012 at 8:16
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    @IntermediateHacker if any developer is seeing this You mean other than balpha? :P
    – yannis
    Commented Jan 16, 2012 at 8:20
  • @ZaphodBeeblebrox lol, I didn't know balpha was a SE dev.
    – ApprenticeHacker
    Commented Jan 16, 2012 at 8:26
  • apparently we Super Users use a lot of smileys. Hmm.
    – Sathyajith Bhat
    Commented Jan 16, 2012 at 12:14
  • Oh no, my eyes!
    – Kev Mod
    Commented Jan 16, 2012 at 17:01

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