New Theme: Smileys

[Linuxratty]

I can keep both, but one will be default and with the common key bindings. Yeah no animation .

T-V

I'd like both.

[Bandit]

One thing I have been working on is new smileys to match the new theme, and decided to create a poll to to see what people think. None of the new smileys are animated, just some created to blend in better, but it is more orange.

This poll is for feedback only and is non-binding.

I like the the new smiles. But getting a bit to much orange in the theme. And I like orange

[CharlesA]

Don't like them at all. The old ones are multi-colored and textured, and they look much better. The old smileys are pretty standard in a lot of forums, and it's easier to tell what they mean. Change for the sake of change is not always better.

I like the old ones. The new ones don't really look "right" imho.

[lisati]

+1 for both if possible.

I don't think many people understand this one:

It happens from time to time here in the forum, usually with words rather than pictures....

[phibxr]

One thing I have been working on is new smileys to match the new theme, and decided to create a poll to to see what people think. None of the new smileys are animated, just some created to blend in better, but it is more orange.

This poll is for feedback only and is non-binding.

The new smilies are awesome. Having them in Empathy/Pidgin as well would be even better.

[rk0r]

How about deleting some of the old smilies and add some of the orange ones to the mix...?

The orange ones IMO are ok albeit plain.

[Elfy]

Don't like them at all. The old ones are multi-colored and textured, and they look much better. The old smileys are pretty standard in a lot of forums, and it's easier to tell what they mean. Change for the sake of change is not always better.

I'd have to agree.

[s.fox]

Don't like them at all. The old ones are multi-colored and textured, and they look much better. The old smileys are pretty standard in a lot of forums, and it's easier to tell what they mean. Change for the sake of change is not always better.

Agreed.

[KiwiNZ]

Can't say I am a fan of the new ones.

[coffeecat]

@Technoviking, although I quite like what you have been able to do with the designs of most of those you've posted, I have to say I much prefer the old smileys. I believe the problem with the new ones is the colour. White on orange does not give you the same subjective depth of contrast you get with black on yellow, and the brain is less able to reconstruct a face from the icon and hence infer the emotion being conveyed.

Also - there are no eyebrows on the new ones. Eyebrows are a very important facial feature for conveying emotion.

Another point - if we have both sets of emoticons available, I think we need new key bindings for the new ones. Assigning old key-bindings to the new smileys would cause new smileys to appear on the 11 million+ old existing posts, which could change the intentions of the original poster, which is wrong, imo.