Sending custom emoticons to PC users
Sending custom emoticons to PC users
Why is it no possible to send custom emoticons (from some custom emoticon pack for example) with Adium to Windows Live Messenger 8 user for example. When I try that I only see the emoticon text on my pc. I can send custom emos from my Live Messenger to Adium though and they show up in Adium just fine. I really luv Adium but this is so big thing to me that I'm forced to change my IM app to something else. I also would love to see the ability to easily add custom emoticons from file to Adium without needing to create a pack first!
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Re: Sending custom emoticons to PC users
As far as I know, no program actually sends emoticons over the internet; they just send the text version. The program on the other side translates the text to a picture. So all an emoticon pack is, is a set of pictures and which text smileys link to those pictures.rauskiss wrote:Why is it no possible to send custom emoticons (from some custom emoticon pack for example) with Adium to Windows Live Messenger 8 user for example. When I try that I only see the emoticon text on my pc. I can send custom emos from my Live Messenger to Adium though and they show up in Adium just fine. I really luv Adium but this is so big thing to me that I'm forced to change my IM app to something else. I also would love to see the ability to easily add custom emoticons from file to Adium without needing to create a pack first!
Adium recognizes all the standard MSN emoticons because it has an identical emoticon pack, but you can't guarantee that someone else will see the same set of pictures you see. Does that make any sense?
Re: Sending custom emoticons to PC users
Actually this is only partially correct. MSN's latest protocol updates (found in Live Messenger 8 and its recent brethren) support sending custom emoticons such that the actual file [graphic] is sent.aptenergy wrote:As far as I know, no program actually sends emoticons over the internet; they just send the text version. The program on the other side translates the text to a picture. So all an emoticon pack is, is a set of pictures and which text smileys link to those pictures.
Adium recognizes all the standard MSN emoticons because it has an identical emoticon pack, but you can't guarantee that someone else will see the same set of pictures you see. Does that make any sense?
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Re: Sending custom emoticons to PC users
oOoOoO... my bad. hence why i put the "as far as i know" bit... hahabgannin wrote:Actually this is only partially correct. MSN's latest protocol updates (found in Live Messenger 8 and its recent brethren) support sending custom emoticons such that the actual file [graphic] is sent.aptenergy wrote:As far as I know, no program actually sends emoticons over the internet; they just send the text version. The program on the other side translates the text to a picture. So all an emoticon pack is, is a set of pictures and which text smileys link to those pictures.
Adium recognizes all the standard MSN emoticons because it has an identical emoticon pack, but you can't guarantee that someone else will see the same set of pictures you see. Does that make any sense?
