Please can more than 4 smilies be allowed?
 

Hi,

I like smilies... (They can be a bit inane... I know...)

But... then there's the "a picture is worth a thousand words" aspect...

So please could we use way more smilies?

4 isn't enough... I keep getting told I have too many.

Oh, and I wish we could post messages that just said, "lol"
but it won't let us because that is not enough characters...

Agreed...please??



Thanks much!

LIZARD :)

(((((((((lizard)))))))))

:)

Thanks so much for the hugs, Karen! How are ya??


(((((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))))))) back atcha :)

LIZARD :)

Hi SioChain -

Well, let me tell you this, I wish I looked like that!!!!!:D

Yo, Síocháin,

why do you care?

Thanks, Kamie!!!!

Very much :)

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...cow-tongue.jpg

I'd like to be a "w" of anykind. I'm too damm tired. this more accuratley portrays me these days~

Ohhhhhhhh, dawns the light....
 

It took me sooooo long to figure out what a "w" was....

I pondered... I thought... I went through a lot of W words....

Finally, dawns the light.

Cute cow, though!!!!!!!
(takes one to know one!!!!!!!)
By the way... was the idea "cow" .... or, "tongue not quite in cheek" ??????

both, dear. I dont nor would I ever call someone a whore of any sorts. I dont like that word. Nasty! I dont mind a cow~ cuz cows are cute. Never a whore.

Well, I truly think the poster must be the mod who banned me from BT1, or a dear friend thereof....

until we get some more, here's a site where there's no requirements and they're easy to use, no ad's, nothing i don't want, but everything i do. :)

http://www.thesmilies.com/jumping.php

http://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/jumping0044.gif



http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39...tanimation.gif

and another...

http://bestsmileys.com/pageindex.htm

I love it!

I have a couple pages of free smilies on my site, mainly because the sites with all the ads drive me CRAZY.

Okay, here's this one... which I wish I could get right after SioChain's posts... but without quoting...

http://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/scared0012.gif

I think the smilie is saying, to start out, "Hi, How are you?"

Kimmy and Newbie,

Those smilies are dynamite!!!!

I just love to gather smilies and put them on my site.. these smilies don't let me do that....

But I can see that they are perfect for people who just want to use them.

here's another great site that i'd forgotten about. i used it for quite a while. I think I'm sticking with it again. ;)

http://www.clicksmilies.com/

http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/mi...smiley-093.gif

http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/pa...smiley-038.gif

Oh, the top hat tipping smilie is GREAT!

Gosh... these are really neat... I suppose I better put links to these sites on my site.

((((((((Kimmy))))))))

Kimmy, would you do me a huge favor, and sort of tell me how you use them... I mean, what do you think, how do you have the smilie site at hand, to use it. How do you find the images you use....

I have so much trouble doing things, it sounds stupid. I'm not stupid. I just get confused and then I avoid things that make me feel that way...

((((((((((((((((((( ct ))))))))))))))))))))))

that's a good question. I'm sure there are better ways, but this is the way i do it (i need things as easy as possible).

I have my browser open to here (BT2), but I have a separate browser open with the click smilies and when I want a smilies, I switch over in the task bar, pick it, copy the code it gives and paste it here. :)

http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/se...smiley-037.gif did I do ok?

KD

Yes, that is exactly what I was hoping for. I can do that. Once I do it a few times it will feel familiar.

But... where did you get the big spotlight smilie? or the big question mark one... I didn't see either of those...

I got the question mark here under category "large 3": http://www.clicksmilies.com/

I got the spotlight also at clicksmilies under the category of "party".

It takes a while to familiarize oneself with the categories and have an idea of what's there.

KD

Wow,
I am appreciating the smile in your photo more and more!!!!

This is great fun... only it is frustrating that I can't save them to my computer. Why do I even want to? No idea. Just like when I used to love Dentine gum so much that I wanted to swallow it. :rolleyes:

I'm working on something for you. stay tuned... ;)

KD

or this...

http://123pichosting.com/images/2634considerthis1.jpg

Oh, how neat!!!!!

http://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/sign0100.gif


I was at one of your sites looking at smilies.... There are SO Many!!!!!

Yep, fun stuffs!!!

They do make me smile.

(((((((Kimmy)))))))))

We now have more than 4 images allowed per post.

Oh Wow!!!!!

Wow!!!!!!

Happiness!!!! Happiness!!!!!

I should find a series of five smiles to celebrate, I know..

Wow, thank you VERY much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just a friendly reminder, please take caution when posting animated/flashing images and text for our seizure prone readers! :)

Thank you so much for that information, ellie!

KD

Oh... can you give me an example of what would be bad?

Are the waving ones bad?

Gosh, thank you for bringing that up. I had totally forgotten. Thank you!

Please can you give me an idea of what one that we shouldn't use would be like?

i am the most vocal person here who has photosensitive seizures, so i guess i am the one to answer here.

all animated graphics are bad for someone with photosensitivity and a low seizure threshold. all graphics are bad. all graphics trigger seizures in people who have a low enough seizure threshold. animated graphics trigger them faster.

the internet is full of graphics and animated graphics.

what to do? the person with the problem can turn them all off in their own browser.

we had instructions for doing this up as a sticky in the old epilepsy forum, which i have someplace, but they are outdated since they were mostly for windows 98. i need to update them and post them again.

rule of thumb is that if you can tolerate a TV without having an instant seizure most animated graphics won't bother you. i cannot be in the same room with a TV without having status seizures. makes being in hospitals interesting.

the most important thing is to be careful about changing the refresh rate on your monitor. it is possible to do it wrong and have your monitor burst into flames. do not believe anyone who says they know how to do this safely. they may not.

for a discussion of how to eliminate flash from windows XP, check the computer forum here. dorry and zombie slayer have been helping me configure my computer for about three forums.

i have everything turned off. animations. all graphics. all color. all fonts. everything.

and when all else fails, i keep a large piece of cardboard handy to cover the screen.

In IE 6, you can turn off graphics by:

i. Select 'Internet Options' from the Tools menu.
ii. Select the 'Advanced' tab
iii. Scroll down to 'Multimedia', and click on the box next to 'show pictures' so that there isn't a tick in it.

(It's also useful if you're on dial-up - makes pages load quicker).

Netscape 8.1:

i. Select 'Options' from the Tools menu.
ii. Click on 'Site Controls'
iii. 'Add site' and then type 'braintalk2.org' (left hand bottom corner).
iv. Select the newly appeared 'braintalk2.org', and then on the right click on the box next to 'Allow images to be displayed'.

Firefox:

i. Select 'Options' from the Tools menu.
ii. Select the 'Content' tab.
iii. Click on the box next to 'load Images' so that it doesn't have a tick on.

I realise this only works for those internet browsers rather than the whole of windows - but for those who can tolerate static graphics it may be a helpful half way house.


xxx
Swift

Added this information to the Epilepsy forum.

http://forums.braintalk2.org/showthr...=7887#post7887

I agree
 

I would also like to suggest being able to add more pics. I like to see everything about a person. The smileys do help. There are people like me who type a response and it reads nothing like what is in my head. Smileys can help clear up confusion.

http://http://im1.shutterfly.com/pro...108Abs3DJu0cON