emoticons ideas for future
after a discussion with Justin Karneges (of psi/iris fame) we have this idea of avoiding b) to become an emoticon where we wanted it to be a) b) c) etc..
a] write a jep to support <emoticon>:)</emoticon> tag
b] that means that the client has an option to turn off on the fly emoticons so the user can type :) and see :) and not the emoticon. that will be sent as :). If he didn't turn off the emoticon that would change on the fly {I'll do that after 0.6} to the emoticon so he knows before sending what he's gonna send. and that will be send as I'm fine <emoticon>:)</emoticon>
c] when copy pasting from clipboard client are REQUIRED to turn off ascii emoticons detection for the text pasted
yes I know this is not a JEP but it's a good place to share ideas
ps. I once thought of do "http://whatever" or do 'http://whatever' so the text in " or ' is emoticon turn_off. this is also doable though