Smile Efficiently With the Emoticon Keyboard

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

[The MAZZTer]

It's sideways.

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[h00manist]

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

[Nimloth]

How does this prevent me from typing :-( instead of :-)? Is it impossible to hit to wrong key on this keypad?

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[TheThiefMaster]

They're even still right next to each other!

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[M8e]

Bad design. )-:

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[ModernGeek]

Then turn it the other way.

No Emoticon

[delinear]

Oblig. "There is no emoticon for how I feel right now."

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[Quirkz]

I would have said :-/ was pretty close. And that doesn't appear to be on that keyboard.

Here's what you want . . .

[Mitchell314]

4*~)

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[psyclone]

I don't feel much like Picasso at the moment...

Is it compatible with Call of Duty?

[Fibe-Piper]

Imagine all the frowns you could trash your opponents with!!!

Re:Is it compatible with Call of Duty?

[imakemusic]

Epic fr0wnage.

Next step...

[Lose]

Emoticon Keyboard: 4chan Edition!

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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[Ihmhi]

4chan already has an official keyboard [tinypic.com]

.

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[MichaelSmith]

One of these will do [jaycar.com.au].

LOL Key

[Anonymous Coward]

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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[An ominous Cow art]

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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[morgauxo]

then how did you get this far down?

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[An ominous Cow art]

This applies on a per-comment basis :-).

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[Albatrosses]

LOL!

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[Denihil]

ROFLMAYO

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[Anonymous Coward]

In this case "lol" stands for "loss of logic"

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[DocSavage64109]

HmmLOL That's not a bad ideaLOL Though you should probably add a space before the LOLLOL

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[WaroDaBeast]

Got a relative who does that — annoying as hell. When asked if he's constantly laughing, his reply was, "Sure."

Tss.

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[WaroDaBeast]

Wrong tense, I know. Bleh.

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[adamdoyle]

When [he was] asked if he is constantly laughing, his reply was, "Sure."

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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[adamdoyle]

Although I do think

his reply was, "Sure."

is a comma splice.

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[WaroDaBeast]

Does that mean I should use a colon, just like in French?

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[adamdoyle]

His reply was "sure."

The quote above is perfectly correct. A colon would also work.

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[WaroDaBeast]

Why thank you, sir.

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[pinkushun]

And patent it! [opensarcasm.org]

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[jason.sweet]

Don't be a 8====0

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[aiht]

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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[Mitchell314]

#define lol .

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[GameboyRMH]

#include lib_lulz

Getting Stabby

[TheBabich]

This device reminds me of that top 10 quote over at bash. I want to stab someone over the internet for making this. However I have taken the time to create an installation manual to go be shipped with the device: 1) Place your computer back in box. 2) Return to POS.

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[PatPending]

I'm reminded of another quote: "Oh, no, I can't unsee this!"

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[DocSavage64109]

: (

Do you need a *hug*?

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[hvm2hvm]

Or it just sends the emoticon characters individual characters with a small delay.

Re: Smile Efficiently With the Emoticon Keyboard

[h00manist]

No. I don't like smiling.

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[Americano]

Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays. :(

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[Yvan256]

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

[Tomahawk]

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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[GameboyRMH]

Those are all different smileys.

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?

[by (1706743)]

Rihgt, becuase wierd keybaords aer imune too tpyos?

Good project

[Dan East]

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

[undecim]

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.

[olsmeister]

We need a Get Off of My Lawn version of this thing.

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[PatPending]

Thanks. That would Make My Day.

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[GameboyRMH]

t(>_<t) - the angry finger

t(^_^t) - the "fuck you" finger

t(-_-t) - the sad finger

So, The Crutch for Bad Writers...

[RobotRunAmok]

...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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[aiht]

> ...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...

[Stregano]

...but God help us all.

Inefficient design

[Anonymous Coward]

The :) and :( characters, arguably the most frequently used, are not on the home row. Think of all that extra finger movement. Your EPM (emoticon per minute) score will suffer as a result.

Making laziness more efficient, or something else?

[Crudely_Indecent]

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

[Americano]

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

[azgard]

It wasn't on the keyboard.

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[ThatMegathronDude]

The appropriate condensation of his post is:

QQ

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[Yvan256]

What's the emoticon for the smallest violin in the world?

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[GameboyRMH]

#={=/=}

Best I can do.

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[Labcoat Samurai]

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

[a Flatbed Darkly]

Many phones with touchscreen keyboards have an emoticon keyboard along with the phone-style keypad and qwerty. Many simply with buttons have emoticons on autocomplete or under symbols options. This is simply an upscale. I can't find the source (TFA gives barely any details) but if this is a student project, I like. It would actually sell well. If this is a commercial product, oh god no. Yes, it will sell well, yes.

We need more keys

[dubsnipe]

How about a LOL, WTF, BFF, /b/ and OMG buttons while you're at it?

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[Yvan256]

And make sure the OMG, WTF and BBQ buttons are all on the same row, in that order.

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[Locke2005]

ROFLMAO...

Hmm ...

[Stooshie]

... it doesn't do (.)(.) or ()*()

Harumph

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[ElectricTurtle]

More importantly, it doesn't in any way assist with efficiently creating ASCII phalli of various lengths. After all, some cases only require 8===D whereas other scenarios may necessitate 8==============D.

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[Locke2005]

You mean you haven't yet assigned keyboard macros for all possible lengths? What a wanker!

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[GameboyRMH]

You could assign that to all one key. Hold length adjusts the length of the penis, and you finish with double taps to add jizz streams. So if you hold it for 1 second and then tap four times you get:

8===D~~

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[ThatMegathronDude]

Stop hanging out with granny and do a proper ( . Y . )

You are not meant to buy this for yourself

[DNS-and-BIND]

This product was not meant to be bought for people to use for themselves. This was meant to be bought as a gift for others! Think about it...the recipient opens the present, it's this LOL keyboard thing, everyone laughs, you get off the hook for buying something, and the thing gets discarded after two days of use because it's hogging a USB slot. TFA is slashdotted but if the price is $12-20 then it's prime gift category, because people will spend that much.

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[TBone]

30 Euros, according to another page below, or ~$40. Yeah, not happening.

Seems to be slightly more info

[BeardsmoreA]

Here: http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/emoticon-keyboard-25-01-2011/ [geeky-gadgets.com]

although I can't get the link to the supposed creators to work.

Which way is up?

[Kozz]

If I rotate this emoticon keyboard 180 degrees, will it type (: instead of :) ? Grandma's gonna try that, you know. :P (or did I mean d: ?)

Squee

[Dzimas]

LOL ROTFL *cough*

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[aiht]

LOL ROTFL *cough*

Is that a ROTFL*cough*ter?

They got it all wrong

[jovius]

I thought a button would light up to show me how to feel :(

Webcam emoticon

[Paspanique]

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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[tanujt]

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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[arivanov]

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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[Locke2005]

If you can type reasonably fast then the only time you would need it is when you're typing one-handed... and that's the time you'd be least likely to want other people to know what your facial expression looks like!

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[Paspanique]

But I'd like to see the emoticon it generates though!

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[Anonymous Coward]

that's the time you'd be least likely to want other people to know what your facial expression looks like!

I think it would probably look a little something like:

8^O-|-- 8=====D~~~~~~~~~*

Wow

[tanujt]

Talk about utterly pointless technology. If I post a smiley from this keyboard on to Facebook, will the comment have a tag underneath it saying "via Emoticon Keyboard"?

My Android virtual keyboard has a smiley button

[InlawBiker]

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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[silverglade00]

Autocomplete changed it to "wtf".

Taking lazyness to a whole new level...

[JustAnotherIdiot]

...because it's the American way!

golf balls + sharpie = NEW PRODUCT

[dieth]

Well first off, this is not real.
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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[treeves]

If those are golf balls, then that laptop sitting next to it is freaking ginormous.

Um... really?

[epp_b]

Which is faster? Typing an emoticon by "muscle memory" on good ol' QWERTY or learning a new keypad layout with no real logic?

Sideways? (>.<)

[VortexCortex]

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

[mr1911]

:-(
;-)
:-|
:D

The Emoticon Keyboard is the only keyboard I need. :-)

Predated by the MS keyboard

[Tablizer]

If you really want to simplify keyboard use for common patterns, get the Microsoft Keyboard [shanghaiist.com]

Good Idea

[DaMattster]

This is actually a good idea ...... I wonder why it made idle. Since we are in a world of social networking, why not a social keyboard?

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[SuricouRaven]

And what about :> ? And /:> ? How are us avian furs supposed to be properly expressive without a beak?

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[Qzukk]

And how will I show off my manly 'stache without :-{)?

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[Megane]

I'm also disappointed... that Slashdot doesn't support Unicode characters. When that gets fixed, then you may have a point.