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0 pointseitally8y ago0 comments

And it's not that the new emojis are all necessarily bad. My issue is confusion over what the recipient will see when I select one of the new emojis. I'm still not 100% clear on the emoji set mapping between OEMs/OSes. :-/

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euyyn8y ago

Isn't that one of the points of the new emojis, though? That unlike the previous ones, they're compatible with what other systems use.

JetSpiegel8y ago

If emoji are in Unicode, why can't I choose how to represent then? Isn't that the job of the font?

If you want total control over what the recipient sees, send an image.

It would be like if a webpage requested Helvetica and you are using Linux the text simply wouldn't render.

euyyn8y ago

> If you want total control over what the recipient sees, send an image.

Is this for real? You rather people have to stop using emojis and send images in their stead, than the different platforms give them the same meaning?

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plttn8y ago

They were always technically speaking compatible (Nougat and iOS10 have Unicode parity iirc, now Oreo pushes ahead with new Unicode points).

However, the blobs didn't always socially have the same meaning as iOS emojis. The push to the more circular emojis was to normalize them against iOS emojis, which for better or worse are the primary target of emoji use.

johannes12343218y ago

One can use https://emojipedia.org/ if one knows the recepient's device. While there's still cultural impact, i.e. is a praying emoji or high five? Or is laughing or whining?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

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euyyn8y ago

Isn't that one of the points of the new emojis, though? That unlike the previous ones, they're compatible with what other systems use.

JetSpiegel8y ago

If emoji are in Unicode, why can't I choose how to represent then? Isn't that the job of the font?

If you want total control over what the recipient sees, send an image.

It would be like if a webpage requested Helvetica and you are using Linux the text simply wouldn't render.

euyyn8y ago

> If you want total control over what the recipient sees, send an image.

Is this for real? You rather people have to stop using emojis and send images in their stead, than the different platforms give them the same meaning?

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plttn8y ago

They were always technically speaking compatible (Nougat and iOS10 have Unicode parity iirc, now Oreo pushes ahead with new Unicode points).

johannes12343218y ago

One can use https://emojipedia.org/ if one knows the recepient's device. While there's still cultural impact, i.e. is a praying emoji or high five? Or is laughing or whining?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse