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Old 2006-08-04
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Default Re: smilies

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Originally Posted by Unregistered
yeah but when i see something funny, or a post that's funny,
i have to search elsewhere to add a smilie

that's why i think you should add them

i think everyone who's anyone either has dsl or cable
The whole discussion board is text, with no graphics, and it's been shown that text is the fastest way to get information to someone. I always find that with smilies I have to stare at them for a while to try to figure out what emotion someone attempted to cram into so few pixels. Why not just say "That's funny!", or something equivalent?

I think smilies are confusing and slow people down. I occasionally look at other discussion boards and I find them just a confusing mess way too many graphics.
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