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Board bug re: smileys

w1rebaby

19:13 / 30.09.05

In one of grant's recent posts, the board code turned

<img src="http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=tbn:i6GgNIKKEWQJ:photos1.blogger.com/img/162/1473/320/Long%2520Beard.jpg">

into

hotos1.blogger.com/img/162/1473/320/Long%2520Beard.jpg">

because the :p turns into a

smiley.

Can this bug be fixed so that code inside tags is not smiley-parsed? Alternatively remove the whole smiley thing altogether - I've never felt it's appropriate for Barbelith.

grant

20:38 / 30.09.05

1. actually, it's a GGM post, I just tried to edit the tag... good catch.

2. I second the motion to jettison animated smilies.

Less searchable M0rd4nt

20:52 / 30.09.05

Thirded. I like stupid blinking shit but they just don't go with our stuff.

■

21:04 / 30.09.05

Would anyone mind if I fourth... ed... ed? Smileys are just a step away from LOL and ROFL. I can't see why we'd want them.

Less searchable M0rd4nt

21:26 / 30.09.05

Wasn't there a Creation thread mooting more tasteful mood dealies? I'm going to delve for it.

Mmmmm.... dellllve.

Less searchable M0rd4nt

Wait! This is a clear example of fascist democracy, a few of you say smilies are shit and suddenly we're all meant to agree with you. Well frankly this is like picking your Cosmonauts from a bunch of tap dancing chinchillas all called Fred and...

Smilies are okay but they're so aesthetically at odds with this design that you rarely find them outside troll or joke posts. Mind you it's going to be a little harder to be patronising without them...

Mistoffelees

08:10 / 01.10.05

I like smileys, too. We could start a thread in conversation, where people could post yes or no about this question, and maybe than we decide to turn the poor smileys off?

Tom Coates

14:56 / 01.10.05

In the meantime, can people use http://www.tinyurl.com or something similar to make functioning versions of these links?

mondo a-go-go

12:57 / 03.10.05

That doesn't work for image-posting, though, does it? Especially if you just want to gank the image(s) from the search-page results rather than full-size.

I think Barbelith-appropriate emoticons could be fun, actually. We could have pirate, ninja, badger, martini, frying-pan etc etc... Maybe I should go and post in that thread.

ONLY NICE THINGS

13:44 / 03.10.05

Oh, Christ, no. The current smilies are bad enough. At least with the in-jokes people still have to form sentences...

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