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That's not a reason not to use emoji. That's a reason to drag an ASCII-centric communications medium into the Unicode era. We're in an time where application
by inopinatus 10y ago
That's not a reason not to use emoji. That's a reason to drag an ASCII-centric communications medium into the Unicode era. We're in an time where application data is Unicode. You may wish to paste such data into a chat, or refer to people and organisations whose names aren't written in latin script.
When your chosen comms medium doesn't support those things, it should be updated.
- beojan 10y agoLet's imagine that was a transcript of a verbal conversation. How would you pronounce the emoji? Facial expressions?
- inopinatus 10y agoI've never been afraid to use interpretive dance in my presentations. What actually happens: see Chinese. One broadly-speaking-unified set of logograms, 200 spoken dialects, of which a handful are widely adopted, and one has governmental primacy.
- kuzirashi 10y agoI've had Chinese lessons and even Chinese people have problems understanding each other for example because of voice and voice emotions are so important. I think Chinese language shouldn't be role model for what IT world should be. :)
- inopinatus 10y agoOh, I agree, it's not a role model. I think it stands as an example of possible emergent outcome.
- xg15 10y agoObviously facial expressions combined with illustrating sound sequences to resolve ambiguities. - Hello, I believe MEEP.js is the best, but at work we use MOOP.js for its speed and flexibility. Other popular choices are WEEEEE.js, BLEEEH.js and WEEOOHWEEHOOWEEBLUB.js. Hope I’ve helped! - That’s great! Thanks a lot!
- xg15 10y agoIndeed, there is never a valid reason not to use emoji. (Though in this case, the communication medium is Hacker News. Shame on you, Hacker News!)