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The thing about emoji that gives me anxiety is that different OS/browser renders them differently, so I can only guess about whether what I'm trying to convey w
by meta-meta 1y ago
The thing about emoji that gives me anxiety is that different OS/browser renders them differently, so I can only guess about whether what I'm trying to convey will translate.
- JohnFen 1y agoYes, this is a really large problem that limits their usefulness as a means of communication. I limit myself to the most basic set (and use them sparingly) to avoid misunderstanding.
- causal 1y agoYeah I always hesitate to use emojis in any document or design for this reason, you have no idea how it's going to look to other viewers
- djhn 1y agoCase in point: not all vendors implement flags!
- Freak_NL 1y agoOr leave out a handful of flags and render the rest. :) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21166519 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21166519
- aendruk 1y agoIt would help if UIs made it easy to see the name of each emoji. Sometimes I even know what semantics I want but can’t discern which image it’s been assigned to.
- Someone 1y agoOn MacOS and iOS/iPadOS, you can search for them by name. Doesn’t help with “what are they trying to say?”, but does help with your “how do I say FOO?”
- croisillon 1y agowhen i enter "zen" i get the swearing emoji, not sure why but i love it
- batiudrami 1y agoThis was a much bigger issue 10 years ago than it is now. Emoji are generally fairly consistent across hardware vendors.
- 0xdada 1y agoA while back I made a small browser game using emoji for all graphics. I was delighted to see so many different sets of emoji in screenshots people posted.