topic Re: The emoji was invented in 1999? in Industry News

The emoji was invented in 1999?

rslade — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 19:44:53 GMT

I mean, come on. Maybe the word emoji, but the idea came from smilies, aka emoticons, long before and I was reviewing books on the topic before 1999 ...

Re: The emoji was invented in 1999?

ericgeater — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 20:39:57 GMT

I learned about IRC smileys... but my computers were always so far behind that new features* were unsupported until several years had passed.

*like emojis

Re: The emoji was invented in 1999?

CraginS — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 00:57:12 GMT

Hmmm. The last section of the linked article tells about the "emoji d1ck." That just sounds SO wrong.

[dang (isc)2 censor said

"You used a bad word, d1ck, in the body of your post. Please clean up the body before posting."

What if my given name were Richard?}

BTW, given that the article attributes the true graphical emoji to a Japanese originator I note the the Japanese also improved greatly on the original sideways smileys:

🙂 😉 ;-( etc

with their much more expressive Japanese upright smileys:

\(*7*)/

\(*o*)/

\(^o*}/

etc.