Smile Efficiently With the Emoticon Keyboard 123
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If the strain of constantly typing emoticons is killing your fingers, and you've been reprimanded at work for typing :-( when you meant :-) the Emoticon Keyboard may be the answer to your prayers. The tiny keyboard connects via USB and ensures you'll never type the wrong emotion again. The only flaw I see is the lack of a giant LOL key.
Psst (Score:5, Insightful)
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It's sideways.
It's a feature. They meant to make it easier to read. Now, is this an actual product or joke? You never know. I think it's really just meant as an autorun patch on your keyboard drivers.
How (Score:4, Interesting)
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They're even still right next to each other!
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Bad design. )-:
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No Emoticon (Score:3)
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Here's what you want . . . (Score:2)
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I don't feel much like Picasso at the moment...
Is it compatible with Call of Duty? (Score:2)
Re:Is it compatible with Call of Duty? (Score:5, Funny)
Epic fr0wnage.
Next step... (Score:1, Funny)
Adds options for "DESU," "op is a fag," and "sauce." Also offers modifiable buttons and built in LOIC launch button. Granted, these aren't really emoticons, but a whole lot better.
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4chan already has an official keyboard [tinypic.com]
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One of these will do [jaycar.com.au].
LOL Key (Score:5, Funny)
Just replace the period with a LOL key LOL
It seems to the new way to end a pointless comment post these days LOL
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I read comments, posts, chat messages, emails, etc. until I come to the first "lol", or 'chatsp33k' thing, then just skip the rest.
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This applies on a per-comment basis :-).
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In this case "lol" stands for "loss of logic"
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Tss.
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The "he was" could be understood. You used "was asked" and "reply was." Seems legit to me. (granted you could replace "he was" with "he is" and then you would've been wrong, but the way above is correct)
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Although I do think
is a comma splice.
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The quote above is perfectly correct. A colon would also work.
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And patent it! [opensarcasm.org]
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Don't be a 8====0
Don't be a goggle-eyed, surprised person with a very long nose? Why not?
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#include lib_lulz
Getting Stabby (Score:2)
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Do you need a *hug*?
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Re: Smile Efficiently With the Emoticon Keyboard (Score:2)
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Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays. :(
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Peter Gibbons: Let me ask you something. When you come in on monday and you're not feeling real well, does anyone ever say to you, "Sounds like someone has a case of the mondays?"
Lawrence: No. No, man. Shit, no, man. I believe you'd get your ass kicked sayin' something like that, man.
Doesn't have them all (Score:2)
nor in the format that I use most. I typically type a smiley as :-)
But it only has :)
Which, personally, I don't like. Maybe it's configurable/programmable. In which case, the boss needs to take care he doesn't piss his programmers off...
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We're all familiar with the generic smiley or frownie, indicating generic happiness or unhappiness.
^_^ means cheeky happiness, or smitten by cuteness.
>_< means frustrated or angry.
ensures you'll never type the wrong emotion again? (Score:2)
Good project (Score:2)
This looks like a good college or hobbiest project using a microcontroller to practice simple USB HID design. Would be a good Science Fair project too if dad helped. Hmmmmm....
Macros (Score:1)
I couldn't really justify buying this... I could get a much more efficient emoticon keys with some simple macros, and never moving my hands from my proper keyboard.
Missing the middle finger emoticon. (Score:2)
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t(^_^t) - the "fuck you" finger
t(-_-t) - the sad finger
So, The Crutch for Bad Writers... (Score:2)
...has just been given more padding and legitimacy?
What's next, someone invents a way to post on Facebook with crayons?
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> ...has just been given more padding and legitimacy?
What do you mean? Emoticons have plenty of legitimacy already [U+1F638 GRINNING CAT FACE WITH SMILING EYES]
For anybody else who (like me) thought that this was a joke:
Unicode emoticon section [unicode.org] (pdf for people who don't have the font support).
I am not a religious man... (Score:2)
Inefficient design (Score:1)
Making laziness more efficient, or something else? (Score:2)
Now people are too lazy to type emoticons, which are used by people who are too lazy to express their emotion with words.
Efficiency is one thing, but now laziness is more efficient? But how much more efficient can it be? Instead of typing two characters, you've got to take your hand off the keyboard, locate the specific emoticon button and press it, then return your hand to the keyboard.
Maybe it's not for efficient laziness, maybe it's for stupidity and lack of creativity. I remember when emoticons were
Re:Making laziness more efficient, or something el (Score:5, Funny)
You know, you could have spared us the inefficiency of reading all of your ranting, and simply condensed what you had to say down to its crucial emoticon essence:
:'(
Re:Making laziness more efficient, or something el (Score:4, Funny)
It wasn't on the keyboard.
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QQ
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What's the emoticon for the smallest violin in the world?
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Best I can do.
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Now people are too lazy to type emoticons, which are used by people who are too lazy to express their emotion with words.
The same could be said of vocal intonation. People speaking to one another are far too lazy to speak in an inscrutable monotone and meticulously clarify the emotional context of every comment they make. (Note that this is meant sarcastically)
It's a tool to help bring text messaging into greater parity with spoken conversation. It's a *good* thing.
Nothing new (Score:2)
We need more keys (Score:1)
How about a LOL, WTF, BFF, /b/ and OMG buttons while you're at it?
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And make sure the OMG, WTF and BBQ buttons are all on the same row, in that order.
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Hmm ... (Score:2)
Harumph
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8===D~~
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You are not meant to buy this for yourself (Score:2)
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Seems to be slightly more info (Score:2)
although I can't get the link to the supposed creators to work.
Which way is up? (Score:2)
Squee (Score:2)
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LOL ROTFL *cough*
Is that a ROTFL*cough*ter?
They got it all wrong (Score:2)
Webcam emoticon (Score:1)
What we need is a webcam that reads your face expression and translates it into an emoticon, now that would be a marvelous time saver. Think I will go to the patent bureau right away and wait until someone implements it to cash in ! $-)
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What we need is a webcam that reads your face expression and translates it into an emoticon
I doubt anyone is really rolling on the floor laughing, when they claim so online. :-|
The webcam-emoticon reader's most common output would be
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You obviously do not read the Daily Mash.
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/science-&-technology/google-takes-a-year-and-a-half-to-invent-something-better-than-windows-201012083329/ [thedailymash.co.uk]
Reply when you crawl back from under the table pls...
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But I'd like to see the emoticon it generates though!
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I think it would probably look a little something like:
8^O-|-- 8=====D~~~~~~~~~*
Wow (Score:1)
My Android virtual keyboard has a smiley button (Score:2)
I use it to bug the shit out of people. There's nothing quite as irritating as a dozen smiley icons in a row.
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Taking lazyness to a whole new level... (Score:1)
golf balls + sharpie = NEW PRODUCT (Score:1)
The article even says it's a prototype. So it doesn't even work.
If you look close enough you realize it's 16 golf balls with emoticons drawn on with a Sharpy. If you don't believe compare the distance between the dots of the colons, and compare the two 8's.
Get back to use when it's a real product boys, not some half baked idea you got had while you were drunk and stoned.
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If those are golf balls, then that laptop sitting next to it is freaking ginormous.
Um... really? (Score:4, Insightful)
Sideways? (>.<) (Score:2)
I deal with mostly ASCII text, and sideways give me a crick in the neck. (T_T)
Now, If they really wanted to impress me I would be able to print my own keycaps, and customize the scancodes the keys generate! (^_^)
Until then, that keypad, it's.. just...so.... (-_-) .zZZ
:-) LOL (Score:1)
The Emoticon Keyboard is the only keyboard I need.
Predated by the MS keyboard (Score:2)
If you really want to simplify keyboard use for common patterns, get the Microsoft Keyboard [shanghaiist.com]
Good Idea (Score:2)
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And how will I show off my manly 'stache without :-{)?
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