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Justbychance · M
[quote]... Simple emoticons have been around for a while but it’s the rise of smartphones that have really brought them into the mainstream. They’re used everywhere, from text messages to Instagram hashtags.[/quote]
What? " ... but it’s the rise of smartphones that have really brought them into the mainstream."
Nonesense, LOL. The PC's, laptops and such of the very beginning of the Internet made them popular; if you ever had a part in Yahoo Chat and Yahoo IM then you would know that Yahoo itself made the Smiley stand out. They started out as smiley's, but as they became .giff mages they became known as emoticons. Now we have emojis, but emojis are no different to either a smiley or a emotican.
:) <--- Emotican, that is :p ... LOL :)
What? " ... but it’s the rise of smartphones that have really brought them into the mainstream."
Nonesense, LOL. The PC's, laptops and such of the very beginning of the Internet made them popular; if you ever had a part in Yahoo Chat and Yahoo IM then you would know that Yahoo itself made the Smiley stand out. They started out as smiley's, but as they became .giff mages they became known as emoticons. Now we have emojis, but emojis are no different to either a smiley or a emotican.
:) <--- Emotican, that is :p ... LOL :)
Mamapolo2016 · F
@Justbychance Are you aware there were a half-dozen or so Earthlings who did not use Yahoo IM or chat? In fact, I still don't and I know a bunch of others who also don't.
There is a fairly sharp division between generations on this one. I have no clue how old you are but emoticons are only 19 yrs old.
[quote]The first emoji was created in 1999 in Japan by Shigetaka Kurita.[/quote]
There is a fairly sharp division between generations on this one. I have no clue how old you are but emoticons are only 19 yrs old.
[quote]The first emoji was created in 1999 in Japan by Shigetaka Kurita.[/quote]
Justbychance · M
@Mamapolo2016This is complicated ... lol
(Smiley's were around in the days of IRC(Internet Relay Chat) which was well before Yahoo. I used Yahoo IM as an example to show that I was using what was basic smiley's way back then; Yahoo smiley's soon became animated 'Giffs which became known as emoticons and can still be found online . ... Anyway)
Wiki: [b]Emoticon: Not to be confused with Emoji.[/b]
[quote]An emoticon is a pictorial representation of a facial expression using characters—usually punctuation marks, numbers, and letters—to express a person's feelings or mood, or as a time-saving method. The first ASCII [i]emoticons[/i], : - ) and : - ( [i]were written by Scott Fahlman in 1982, but emoticons actually originated on the PLATO IV computer system in [b]1972.[/b][/i] [/quote]
[b]Emoji:[/b] Singular emoji, plural emoji or emojis are ideograms and smileys used in electronic messages and web pages. They are much like emoticons, but emoji are actual pictures instead of typographics. Originally meaning pictograph, the word emoji comes from Japanese "picture". [i]The resemblance to the English words emotion and emoticon is purely coincidental.[/i]
In short? The concept of Smileys where first brought into light in 1972 (Actually, earlier than then but I don't want to go any deeper) Emoji comes into it's own in 1999. Smiley's where developed and went on to become animated visual .gifs. But in any case, the smiley and animated .giff smileys have been around a long, time and before the emoji.
(Smiley's were around in the days of IRC(Internet Relay Chat) which was well before Yahoo. I used Yahoo IM as an example to show that I was using what was basic smiley's way back then; Yahoo smiley's soon became animated 'Giffs which became known as emoticons and can still be found online . ... Anyway)
Wiki: [b]Emoticon: Not to be confused with Emoji.[/b]
[quote]An emoticon is a pictorial representation of a facial expression using characters—usually punctuation marks, numbers, and letters—to express a person's feelings or mood, or as a time-saving method. The first ASCII [i]emoticons[/i], : - ) and : - ( [i]were written by Scott Fahlman in 1982, but emoticons actually originated on the PLATO IV computer system in [b]1972.[/b][/i] [/quote]
[b]Emoji:[/b] Singular emoji, plural emoji or emojis are ideograms and smileys used in electronic messages and web pages. They are much like emoticons, but emoji are actual pictures instead of typographics. Originally meaning pictograph, the word emoji comes from Japanese "picture". [i]The resemblance to the English words emotion and emoticon is purely coincidental.[/i]
In short? The concept of Smileys where first brought into light in 1972 (Actually, earlier than then but I don't want to go any deeper) Emoji comes into it's own in 1999. Smiley's where developed and went on to become animated visual .gifs. But in any case, the smiley and animated .giff smileys have been around a long, time and before the emoji.
Mamapolo2016 · F
I looked all that up too, but chose not to bore you with it. Anyway, it doesn't matter enough to me.
"This is complicated"
Well, I just won't trouble my pretty little head about it anymore. Fiddle-dee-dee!
@Justbychance
"This is complicated"
Well, I just won't trouble my pretty little head about it anymore. Fiddle-dee-dee!
@Justbychance
Justbychance · M
@Mamapolo2016 OK ☺