Time for an update?

Ensign Steve · #1 10-19-2007, 01:38 AM

When was the last time the 21 basic smilies were reviewed? Individually they are beautiful and they make up a core element of the hoard, but as a group I find them irrelevant and outdated. They're all still wearing last season's bold black outline and little to no shading. I don't feel that they represent a good cross-section of the hoard as a whole, and they don't entice me to click the "more" link and discover the treasure trove behind them. I would like to see some new faces in there to give the compose-post window an updated look and a better sample of the hoard.

The current 21 smilies are:
:yup:

Who would you nominate for a new and improved Basics group?

I nominate: :shakefist:

livius drusus · #2 10-19-2007, 01:47 AM

Awesome idea, Ensign! I'm very curious to see the suggestions.

Also, keep in mind I can change the number of columns and rows as well as the number of total smilies in The Basics, so we're flexible.

Ensign Steve · #3 10-19-2007, 01:49 AM

Really? Hmm. How are you fixed for individual smilie size, though. I'd love to see a glomp or a flomp on there, but I was worried they'd be too wide.

livius drusus · #4 10-19-2007, 01:54 AM

Hmmm... If I put a row of wider ones on the bottom it would keep the spacing even. I think it's doable, although I wouldn't want one of the seriously oversized ones like :powerglomp:

or even

.

Shelli · #5 10-19-2007, 02:17 AM

Excellent idea, Ensign. I agree. I'm not sure what I'd suggest as smilies for the basics. :girlthink:

Pinecone · #6 10-19-2007, 02:36 AM

I second:

and nominate!!: :squeezle:

and want to keep: :glare:

Crumb · #7 10-19-2007, 05:54 PM

must be kept! :glare:

I would replace :giggle:

with

, but that may be my Foolish bias. :wink:

I think that :cool:

and

have got to go!

#8 10-19-2007, 05:55 PM

Nooooo, not :giggle:

!

viscousmemories · #9 10-19-2007, 06:00 PM

I think changing up the defaults is a fine idea, and I like some of the suggestions. I would personally never get rid of :giggle:

, though, but I'll stop just short of recommending that anyone who suggests it be put to death.

SharonDee · #10 10-19-2007, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crumb

I would replace :giggle:

with

, but that may be my Foolish bias. :wink:

We share the same bias, Crumb. (I thought I was alone!) Brother! :squeezle:

Shelli · #11 10-19-2007, 06:37 PM

My vote's with :giggle:

(and not just because I'm afraid of vm either).

Crumb · #12 10-19-2007, 07:02 PM

I with ES on these: :shakefist:

I would add: :giggles:

Shelli · #13 10-19-2007, 07:09 PM

Ooo! Definitely the :tremble:

smilie.

Ymir's blood · #14 10-19-2007, 07:13 PM

Why not just eliminate the 'basics' and incorporate the random smilie function there instead?

livius drusus · #15 10-19-2007, 07:16 PM

That's nothing that I can do, needless to say. Oh, Jooooooe? :control:

Crumb · #16 10-19-2007, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ymir's blood

Why not just eliminate the 'basics' and incorporate the random smilie function there instead?

If we were to do this I would submit that we should not include the flags in the pool for random smilies.

livius drusus · #17 10-19-2007, 07:33 PM

Actually, yeah, it would be disturbing on other levels as well. Everything would be all raggedy and uneven in size and distribution.

A better use of my :control:

powers would be persuading Joe to meld his smiley search hack with a user favorites smilies hack. Then members could each create their own basics. That would prevent the great :giggle:

/

schism as well.

Shelli · #18 10-19-2007, 07:38 PM

Ooo! That would be coolness! :hellyes:

JoeP · #19 10-19-2007, 08:09 PM

Hi all. Liv brought this thread to my attention. And I have to say I agree with Pinecone

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pinecone

keep:

Crumb is simply wrong on this one.

ceptimus · #20 10-19-2007, 08:16 PM

The random smiley page could be set up to group different sized smilies neatly:

A row of small non-animated smiles (perhaps 10)

A similar row of animiated small-size smilies (also maybe 10 or 8 of them)

A couple of rows of 4 larger smilies (or occasionally one row of two giant-size ones)

The choices between how many rows of each size would be weighted so that, in the long run, all smilies appear equally often.

Ymir's blood · #21 10-19-2007, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by livius drusus

Actually, yeah, it would be disturbing on other levels as well. Everything would be all raggedy and uneven in size and distribution.

A better use of my :control:

powers would be persuading Joe to meld his smiley search hack with a user favorites smilies hack. Then members could each create their own basics. That would prevent the great :giggle:

/

schism as well.

Well I was all set to start screaming about oppression and crying for anarchy when the idea was shot down. However, liv's idea seems pretty cool too.

Ensign Steve · #22 10-19-2007, 08:35 PM

You know, I had :tremble:

in my original list of nominees, but I pared it down before I posted the OP.

You could restrict the random smilies to be those that only fit within a certain confine, like 20 x 20 pixels or something. I'm sure it'd be a simple matter of programming.