[muglo] Re: EMOTICONS on the Mac ? Smile please !! :-)

on 1/27/04 5:56 PM, Ilbert Walker at walker@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> E mail has been a great boon to communication - but is also open to
> misinterpretation, or potential offence, without a physical or visual
> presence or body language to accurately reflect the sender's intended
> meaning.
>=20
> As an ex Brit, raised on a diet of tongue-in-cheek Goon/Pythonesque
> humour, I find it necessary to garnish my E-mails with lot's of :-)
> emoticons to more clearly convey my thoughts, and avoid giving
> unintended offence.
>=20
> Users of hotmail, iChat(?) and similar,  have access to the more
> expressive (HTML based ?) visual graphics of yellow smilies etc.
> versus  keyboard versions like  :0(   :-)  !!!!   I once contacted a
> website provider of Emoticons to be told they aren't available for the
> Mac Users
>=20
> Does anyone know of any Mac version of these  Smiley Emoticons which
> seem to be only available for  PCs ?
>=20
> Then , as they say Down Under , I 'd have "no worries!" about folks
> misconstruing my email messages !  :-)
>=20
> Good on yer ! :-)
>=20
> Cheers
>=20
> Ilbert
>=20

Ilbert,

From what I understand, these colourful smilies require HTML email instead
of plain text. In my opinion, HTML email is EVIL and should never have been
invented. ;-)

Just my 2=A2

Chris :-)


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