Finishing Up VSmileys

[Virgil Showlion]

As some have probably noticed, there are three empty slots for small (24x24 or smaller) smileys, three empty spots for medium smileys (64x64 or smaller), and one empty spot for a large smiley available on the smiley panel.

Several people have offered suggestions for what should go in. I have listed 24 suggestions (12 S, 12 M) in this poll. Please select up to 3 small smileys you would like to see added to the list, and up to 3 medium smileys you would like added to the list.

If you have your own suggestion, please post them in this thread, but remember:

• I will need the URL of the smiley, or preferably an 'img' containing the smiley.
• Small smileys must be 24x24 or smaller. Medium smileys must be 64x64 or smaller.
• Only "content appropriate" smileys will be considered. (Yes, I'm talking to you Beer, Swamp, Cheesy, POM, Deb, Tina, and MDW.)
• Nothing snow-leopard related will be considered. (I'm serious. )

The final big smiley can technically be any size, but I'm going to say 256x256 or smaller. I'm open to suggestions--preferably something that people on the board will find useful.

The smileys under consideration are as follows (I will add to this list, and votes can be changed):

Smiley Name	Smiley Size	Smiley Image
Melancholy	Small
Melancholy 2	Small
Melancholy 3	Small
Just Clownin'	Small
Pleeeez!	Small
Lookin' Fine! (Female)	Small
Zonked Out	Small
Yoiks!	Small
Say Wha...	Small
DOA	Small
Barfing	Small
Praying	Small
Just Whistlin'	Medium
Time Out!	Medium
Hurts My Ears	Medium
Swingin' Smiley	Medium
Great TV	Medium
Incognito	Medium
Happy Dance	Medium
Barfing 2	Medium
Not Worthy	Medium
Kissin' Smileys	Medium
Tipsy	Medium
Lumpy	Medium

[Peace Of Mind]

I voted and I love, love, love Happy Dance!

[Apple]

Lol, I agree with Pom--we need the Omni banana!

[Apple]

Oh, and I'm honored to be mentioned in the "content appropriate" comment However, I think it's quite hilarious that Empire is with us. apple Empire

[Virgil Showlion]

Isn't Empire one of the rabble-rousers? Or is she the one that says nice things about me?

[Apple]

Empire is the super sweet one that is thinking about getting a victorian swimsuit because it is modest!
We all say nice things about you, just not where you can see it
apple virgil too (thanks again for all the extra work you've done)

[Virgil Showlion]

Well, now you've forced me to update my list.

[Peace Of Mind]

Apple, what about Cheesy? I'm not sure if she'll be insulted or flattered being lumped with us, although we are very good friends.

<<insert the new kissing on the cheek emote for Virgil>>

[DebMD (banned)]

Only "content appropriate" smileys will be considered. (Yes, I'm talking to you Beer, Swamp, Cheesy, POM, Deb, Tina, and MDW.)

???Moi None of you have seen any content inappropriate images in ~3400 posts!!!! I do like the company you put me in but I don't deserve the honors.

Anyway

Your work is greeeeaaatly appreciated- as you know I like anything visual.
I'd like a WHOLE page of smiley's of whatever you desire.
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[jdnstl]

totally OT, but i see POM is finally out of the NEGATIVE karma range!! of course the last time i really looked at it was just before the 'smite' button was removed. all i could think when i saw your -1000 karma was 'what the heck did she do!?!?' ;D

[Bluerobin]

This is EE, you gotta have a Tipsy!

[pig]

Is it possible to add more Virgil?

[Deleted]

Mar 11, 2011 8:44:45 GMT -5 @pig said:

Is it possible to add more Virgil?

I could never have enough Virgil, so I am all for that.

[pig]

He replied in the suggestions thread that too many could cause issues for those with slow internet connections.....saw it after I asked this here.

[Deleted]

Only "content appropriate" smileys will be considered. (Yes, I'm talking to you Beer, Swamp, Cheesy, POM, Deb, Tina, and MDW.)

Moi None of you have seen any content inappropriate images in ~3400 posts!!!! I do like the company you put me in but I don't deserve the honors.

Thanks DEB! You get a karma once I recharge!!

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[NancysSummerSip]

Is it possible to add more Virgil?

Add him to what? ;D

[pig]

Too much Virgil is a bad thing Nance.

[Opti]

Thanks Virgil, although with the additional memory requirements I'll probably have to close and restart IE after every 3 posts.
I need a VSmileys memory lite option.



Not even just one small snow leopard smiley. One? Please.
Or maybe you could shrink your avatar and we could have a small Virgil smiley. Then instead of typing out Virgil, we can use the smiley.
Hmmmmmmm.

[spartyparty]

We need a pinocchio....

[pig]

Second that!

[Opti]

I have to admit it would be useful and used.

[Virgil Showlion]

Optimist,

You'll have to make diligent use of the hotsmiley slots. The nine hotsmileys are loaded on every page, but the complete list is only loaded if you click on "List" or an arrow to populate one of the hotsmiley slots. I realize nine smileys isn't much to work with, but it's better than your browser going down.

If your browser is crashing after multiple pageviews, you've obviously got a memory leak somewhere. If you haven't been updating IE because you're worried about the application getting "bigger", the opposite is presently true. The browsers have been in a "lean and mean" war lately, trying to cut down their memory footprint. And of course the updates are more stable (fewer leaks) and more secure.

On the current smiley panel, there's roughly 260x800 ~= 0.2 MPix of content. Considering a standard camera these days is going to give you a full-res image at 6.0 MPix, I don't consider 0.2 MPix to be an unreasonable load. I know that isn't a lot of comfort if your browser is crashing.

[TrixAre4Kids]

We need a 'BWA HA HA!' smiley!


Oops, maybe that's not it.....Virgil, you've been

[Opti]

So I should update IE? Windows XP by definition is memory leaks unfortunately.
Some windows updates upped the amount of memory IE takes when it starts up and getting the 2011 version of anti-virus recently did me no favors. Realize I'm operating with only 256K memory so it doesn't take much. I know I need to further pare down what Windows starts automatically as I lost the ability of task manager to come up in a useful manner for me to kill processes months ago.

My browser and XP suddenly stop taking any key clicks at all if I let it get to that point which is why I visit MT infrequently, the market visuals hurt my browser performance and same with any video threads.

Its old technology and I need to pay rent and fix my car far more than update my laptop. Plus you didn't want to get me a newer one.

[Virgil Showlion]

I'm assuming you mean 256 megs, which is still nothing.

Sorry, Opti. If I could think of a way of getting my old laptop to you without compromising a lot of personal info, I'd ship it out.

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

Could the wilted rose be added?

Here's the code:boards.msn.com/Themes/default/emoticons/wilted_rose.gif

[dancinmama]

Mar 11, 2011 0:47:10 GMT -5 Virgil Showlion said:

As some have probably noticed, there are three empty slots for small (24x24 or smaller) smileys, three empty spots for medium smileys (64x64 or smaller), and one empty spot for a large smiley available on the smiley panel.

Several people have offered suggestions for what should go in. I have listed 24 suggestions (12 S, 12 M) in this poll.

Virgil: Just wonderin', when are you going to close the poll?

[Virgil Showlion]

The wilted rose is already there. Bottom row in the small smileys.

ETA: Scratch that. I'm hallucinating again.

I'll put in the wilted rose in place of the palm trees. I've never seen anyone use the palm tree one anyway.

[dancinmama]

Mar 11, 2011 11:43:48 GMT -5 Virgil Showlion said:

The wilted rose is already there. Bottom row in the small smileys.

ETA: Scratch that. I'm hallucinating again.

I'll put in the wilted rose in place of the palm trees. I've never seen anyone use the palm tree one anyway.

On the Grocery Challenge we used to use the doggie face emoticon ALL the time. Anyway to sneak that one in somewhere?