On the Cubits site we had the option to turn off the emoticons, but I don't see that option in our Profile preferences here.

One of the people I'd most like to see become active on ATP came here with a view to joining, but had to leave after only a few minutes because the emoticons drove her nuts. Is there any way to disable them?

Great idea Zuzu. I like the emoticons, but I know there are many people that don't like them. It would be nice to have the option to view, or not to view.

I call them the dancing faces and would turn them off in a heartbeat. I use the thumbs-up to indicate my agreement with a post, and that seems sufficient to me.

My most commonly used one is also the thumbs-up but of course some members use a lot in one post, some to an excess so it would be nice to have that option to turn them off for those who find it a distraction.

I like the emoticons myself, but I can certainly see how they could be distracting or annoying. So I'd certainly be in favor of having the option of turning them off.

Some people use the emoticons instead of words, so if you have the option to turn them off, you might end up seeing a lot of blank posts. Just a thought.

But I think if the actual emoticons are turned off, you would still see the written code for them so can get a gist of what the post is about, for instance, the welcome sign would look like this: : welcome : (I just added spaces so it wouldn't show the emoticon)

You're right, Sue.

I like that little egg-heads

But I do know that there are people that don't like them, so think the idea of being able to disable them for those that don't want to see them, is a great idea.

I like them too, but some people actually experience motion sickness from looking at the ones that jump around.

Yes, I know of a couple of people at Cubits that have that problem.

I have the emoticons turned off, but I don't know/remember how I did it.

@dave can help

zuzu said:On the Cubits site we had the option to turn off the emoticons, but I don't see that option in our Profile preferences here.

I am pleased to add this for you, Zuzu. I'll work on it right now and will post here when it's ready. I know the feature is half-finished since as Kathleen mentioned, it's enabled for her. I probably just need to add a preference option to enable it.

This feature is ready. Go to your profile, then to the site preferences and you'll find the new option to disable the smilies.

@dave you are the BEST!

So, how did I do it before?

I think your preference option must have been copied over from cubits along with the rest of your profile.