 ¥ vs. :nuyen:, why not simply insert the character? |
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 Jun 6 2011, 11:14 AM
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Great Dragon  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,091 Joined: 3-October 09 From: Kohle, Stahl und Bier Member No.: 17,709  |
The title basically says it...while it's nice to have a button in the smiley column instead of having to type Alt + 0165 for a yen sign, why not insert the Unicode ¥ character instead of a graphic? The (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif) looks really fuzzy on larger monitors, and when not logged in the URL breaks the text flow (unlike smilies, currency symbols tend to be somewhere in the middle of the text).
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Jun 7 2011, 12:44 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 266 Joined: 21-November 09 Member No.: 17,891 |
QUOTE (Sengir @ Jun 6 2011, 06:14 AM)  The title basically says it...while it's nice to have a button in the smiley column instead of having to type Alt + 0165 for a yen sign, why not insert the Unicode ¥ character instead of a graphic? The (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif) looks really fuzzy on larger monitors, and when not logged in the URL breaks the text flow (unlike smilies, currency symbols tend to be somewhere in the middle of the text). Get a mac. It's the easy way. |
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Jun 7 2011, 08:57 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,091 Joined: 3-October 09 From: Kohle, Stahl und Bier Member No.: 17,709 |
While Apple sure knows how to build displays, I doubt they know some magic way to make a zoomed bitmap look crisp, or make a pseudo-URL in the middle of a sentence more aesthetic (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
My current solution by the way is to simply use a Privoxy rule for some text replacement magic. |
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Jun 7 2011, 02:35 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Probably because there's a system in place with the forums for custom smilies but not for custom characters unless you use the ALT+0165.
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Jun 8 2011, 08:53 AM
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jacked in Group: Admin Posts: 9,545 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 463 |
QUOTE (etherial @ Jun 7 2011, 02:44 AM) Get a mac. It's the easy way. The easy way to waste money in a completely unrelated way to the topic? Yeah, that would be right, I guess. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) For the record, I always use the ¥ myself, because of the reasons stated. The (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif) just kinda looks out of place in the text. But as CanRay said, the forum can only display images not characters that way. Though I assume there might be a profanity filter, which could be used for such text replacements. Bye Thanee |
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Jun 8 2011, 09:44 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,473 Joined: 24-May 10 From: Beijing Member No.: 18,611 |
urge to test profanity filter...rising... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Jun 8 2011, 02:04 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,091 Joined: 3-October 09 From: Kohle, Stahl und Bier Member No.: 17,709 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Jun 7 2011, 03:35 PM) Probably because there's a system in place with the forums for custom smilies but not for custom characters unless you use the ALT+0165. I admit that I don't know much about BB software, but my guess would be that the smiley button in the posting editor is a simple bit of JS which says "onClick, insert $STRING into the text field at current cursor position". Or am I completely off the track there? |
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Jul 17 2011, 08:21 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,011 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
QUOTE (Thanee @ Jun 8 2011, 03:53 AM) The easy way to waste money in a completely unrelated way to the topic? Yeah, that would be right, I guess. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Well, that and being able to type ¥ as Option-y rather than as ALT+assorted. ~J |
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Jul 18 2011, 01:34 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
QUOTE (phlapjack77 @ Jun 8 2011, 11:44 AM) urge to test profanity filter...rising... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) what profanity filter? O.o |
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