emoticon fiends: how to have all the smilies on the planet

Post by **sine nomine** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 9:45 pm

okay, not *all* of them, but many.

This is one of a series of posts on how to use FireFox to make reading bus easier and more fun.

In order to do this, you have to be using FireFox. It's an awesome browser anyway, and you'll forget why you ever wanted to use IE. Go ahead, <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/">get it now</a>. I'll wait.

Okay, good. The beauty of FireFox is that <a href="addons.mozilla.org/firefox/extensions/">you can install extensions</a>. Ever use a program and wish it had that one nifty feature that would make it absolutely perfect? With FireFox, there's a good chance someone else has had the same thought and written a little add-on to make the feature happen.

One of the cooler add-ons is <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/m ... 75">Smiley Xtra 4</a>. It installs a side menu that gives you one-click access to the 1785 icons the Smiley Project has collected so far.

I want to put an emoticon in this post about how excellent FireFox is. I right-click in the post edit window (the one I'm typing in) and choose "Show/Hide Smiley Xtra sidebar."

Then I choose the category of emoticon I want. I can either preview a single icon or the whole category; in the screenshot below I've chosen to preview the Computers category:

<a href="http://busmail.org/gallery/hosted/smilex?full=1">click to enlarge<br><img src="http://busmail.org/gallery/albums/hoste ... b.jpg"></a>

I decide that what this post really needs is Bow to the Fox, so I close the preview tab and double-click on the image name. The bbcode to make it happen magically appears in my post (I could have asked it to give me html instead, btw).

I can think of at least three of you who have been convinced that you must have this extension. *at least*.

Deb

Post by **Milvus** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:10 pm

I am going to blame you when people lynch me for being an emotie h0r >.>

Post by **sine nomine** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:28 pm

what about when you start contributing smilies to the project and enabling other emotie h0rs?

deb
(why does the banana have a wrench?)

pinky · Post by **pinky** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:11 pm

i dont use IE...i use Opera, but am now downloading FireFox just to see if i like it...

Wandering · Post by **Wandering** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 2:26 pm

Woo I like firefox!!!

pinky · Post by **pinky** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 3:31 pm

thanks you Deb...i LOVE Firefox...

the only trouble i seem to have is the block user, i dont see any x's...ummm, i mite have my son help me there when he gets home today...he uses firefox all the time...

pinky · Post by **pinky** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 3:41 pm

ohhh, i forgot to say, that i think i am even posting faster with Firefox...the pages seem to load faster than with Opera and i am so liking this...

Priceless · Post by **Priceless** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 6:26 pm

<img src="http://iconhell.com/i/iconhell_babieryk ... veYouu.gif" alt="I Love You This Much" />
That is my feelings for firefox <img src="http://www.cosgan.de/images/kao/liebe/g025.gif" alt="Love" />

pretty · Post by **pretty** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 7:54 pm

Post by **swirlish** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 8:05 pm

notevenpretty wrote:

lol, I love that!

Post by **swirlish** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 8:22 pm

marshmallowfluff · Post by **marshmallowfluff** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 9:20 pm

marshmallowfluff · Post by **marshmallowfluff** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 9:20 pm

haha... i love this smiley thing.

thanks deb

yellowdreams · Post by **yellowdreams** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:29 pm

Just taken the big step and moved to Firefox - I Love it!

Also added the smiley extension - oh god that'll keep me quiet for a while!

Thanks
Kim

Chimera · Post by **Chimera** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 2:47 am

The 'Fox rox.

Fleur · Post by **Fleur** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 4:24 am

*Spends her Saturday night playing with new emoticons*

Post by **Jomomma** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:49 am

Can I ask for some assistance please?

I loaded the nifty smilie thing and all was well for a few days.
A couple days ago I was looking forward to playing some more but much to my surprise they were all gone. Smily extra 4 was still listed as addons but no smilies
I deleted it and reloaded it to no avail

Where have all the smilies gone

Post by **swirlish** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:29 am

They go away??

*clings on to her's*

(Obviously, I have no answers. I just wanted to post this Smiley because it made me laugh *so* hard*):

Post by **Milvus** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:03 pm

mine wouldn't work this morning, but now they do, maybe it was a temporary glitch?

Post by **sine nomine** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 5:27 pm

that's weird. i'll add it to my list.

deb

emoticon fiends: how to have all the smilies on the planet

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