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May 6th, 2006, 03:23 PM
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| Gonna start a revolution from my smile I must get this off my chest....we are Mac people, and as such we are aesthetes, as concerned with the visual merits of our gadgets as the technological. So what's with the smilies? I know their purpose and I agree they are invaluable in eliminating the inevitable ambiguity of the hastily written word, but they just come across as the visual equivalent of a Crazy Frog ringtone. Can't we have some new, MacOsX-esque smilies? After all, if this were a bricks-and-mortar temple to Mac, would the pews be made of chipboard? And if the smiley designer is a member of the forum, please don't be offended - I couldn't create a smiley if my life depended on it. It's just my soul yearns for change. Brushed aluminium frown? Graphite wink? Aqua cheesy grin? Or perhaps I'm alone in this?
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May 6th, 2006, 03:36 PM
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| Or something akin to this:  But at a much smaller scale of course, and without the text.  (Woops...darned smilies!)Actually, the smileys that are on the board now are the default that are provided with the forum if I'm not mistaken
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May 6th, 2006, 03:50 PM
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| Now you're talking. That's a smiley I would have no problems using. And yes, I admit, it was a struggle not to use smilies in my original post
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May 6th, 2006, 05:45 PM
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| I've seen other forums with the same software. I think the only one unique to this board is the Apple-shaped smiley (  ).The Mac OS logo does seem like an obvious choice. And since it's been a standard icon for quite some time, there's no shortage of 16x16 versions. Like this one, from OS 8:
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May 6th, 2006, 05:47 PM
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| That would actually be perfect. It would complement the apple smiley that we've seen on here. Maybe I can find a Sad Mac face for the sad smiley.
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May 6th, 2006, 06:32 PM
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May 6th, 2006, 06:55 PM
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| Yeah, the only official "Sad Mac" icons are too big — 32x32 at least, I think. I could be wrong, though. I'd have to dig through some OS 8 resources to be sure, but I think the sad Mac was only used on the startup screen, so there wouldn't have been a reason for a 16x16 icon. If the smiley face should be the Mac OS logo, shouldn't the frowny face be the attached pic? :P
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May 6th, 2006, 07:00 PM
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| AAAAAHHH MY EYES!!!! 
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