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Hulk Smaash
Feb 10 2009=D LOL !!! =p
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Morteza Pourmohamadi
Feb 9 2009So… When do we see Randall in TED? That Parenthetical statement really needs some brainstorming…
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Morgana Summers
Sep 1 2009Emoticon logistics would enthrall me no end, were it delivered by Monsieur Munroe.
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Patrick Settle
Sep 22 2009I’d like to propose an alternative.
%u2026linux (or BSD (: )Of course the proper solution is to move towards using UTF-8.
( So I can use proper smiley %u263A)Edit: oh ted… ted ted ted. Why oh why you no support UTF-8 comments?
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Denise Bem David
My solution is to use a different size for the smiley (ex; use size 8 and the parenthetical marks and rest of the text in size 12. Or vice-versa). Other solution is to use a different colour for the emoticon. In both cases, tools for “treating” the text need to be available.