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I don't understand why unicode needs emojis. I am perfectly happy with ASCII smileys :D This introduces a lot of complexity with little payoff; not a good engi

• weinzierl 11y ago
  I agree with your point, just wanted to add that from the Unicode perspective emoticons (=ASCII smiley) and emojis are not the same. Q: Are emoji the same thing as emoticons? A: Not exactly. Emoticons (from “emotion” plus “icon”) are specifically intended to depict facial expression or body posture as a way of conveying emotion or attitude in e-mail and text messages. They originated as ASCII character combinations such as :-) to indicate a smile—and by extension, a joke—and :-( to indicate a frown. In East Asia, a number of more elaborate sequences have been developed, such as (")(-_-)(") showing an upset face with hands raised. Over time, many systems began replacing such sequences with images, and also began providing ways to input emoticon images directly, such as a menu or palette. The emoji sets used by Japanese cell phone carriers contain a large number of characters for emoticon images, along with many other non-emoticon emoji. [1] [1] http://www.unicode.org/faq/emoji_dingbats.html http://www.unicode.org/faq/emoji_dingbats.html