# the :D grin... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 20, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-d-grin/99240 "2002-03-20T18:29:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-d-grin/99240/1 "2002-03-20T18:29:10Z")
i distinctly remember this 😃 grin being in green colour… it now seems to be in yellow. Somehow green had a much more impacting (?) effect. I know this is a trivial concern, but i was just wondering if it were at all possible to have it back in green. Thanks Mods and Admins for your amazing and selfless support to the board. Just pass my question on if you feel it might take up too much of your already busy time. Doesn’t anyone else notice the change in grin colour ? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2002, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-d-grin/99240/2 "2002-03-20T18:49:28Z")
Yes, other people have noticed the change and commented on it. The smilies available are the ones that came with the vBulletin upgraded to 2.2.4, and they are a different colour than the ones supplied with vBulletin 1.x We have no plans to carry over the vBulletin 1.x smilies to the current version of the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Omniman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bcef8e/32.png) [@Omniman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniman)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-d-grin/99240/3 "2002-03-21T21:19:46Z")
Can’t you just add all the old ones to the available list? You already own them, so coppyright isn’t a problem. I see other vBulletin sites that add smilies without hassle. People ask for something and the mods say “good idea” and boom it’s there the same day. The bbboy site I have lets you add them just by typing the :name: and the name of the gif. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-d-grin/99240/4 "2002-03-21T22:12:53Z")
We could add smilies but I don’t see a big reason to. In my opinion what attracts people to the straight dope message board is the intelligent discussion involving a large group of smart posters with many different points of view. The little extras (e.g. many different smilies) are not really central to what makes this board special. ---
**Author:** ![jsleek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8dc957/32.png) [@jsleek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsleek)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-d-grin/99240/5 "2002-03-22T03:44:57Z")
if it were not 😕 :rolleyes: a test:cool: a test;j never mind 🙂 :; ---
**Author:** ![richman2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@richman2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/richman2)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-d-grin/99240/6 "2002-03-24T17:32:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arnold Winkelried \* > \*\*We could add smilies but I don’t see a big reason to. In my opinion what attracts people to the straight dope message board is the intelligent discussion involving a large group of smart posters with many different points of view. The little extras (e.g. many different smilies) are not really central to what makes this board special. \*\* If the posters are “too smart” to care about the smilies, then why do they keep bringing it up? Maybe it’s the mods that are out of touch. Doesn’t it seem strange that TubaDiva promised many times to add things to the smilies but never did. Always had an excuse, not enough time. But now it’s so easy even she can do it, and it’s become YOUR job to say no, because you are the _überstuffedshirt_? If you’re so smart, mr CPA nerd, why don’t you run the numbers- it’s less of your time to do it then to tell people they really don’t want it, and imply they are not smart enough for the board. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-d-grin/99240/7 "2002-03-24T17:48:55Z")
:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-d-grin/99240/8 "2002-03-24T18:08:08Z")
All rants belong in the Pit, Richman. And, BTW, I don’t suppose you’ve got any kind of cite for this remarkable series of statements: > [@](#): > > TubaDiva promised many times to add things to the smilies … –and– > [@](#): > > …always had an excuse, not enough time. A cite for the promises? A cite for the excuses? Didn’t think so. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-d-grin/99240/9 "2002-03-24T18:34:55Z")
Actually Duck Duck Goose there are several old threads in ATMB concerning smilies where the staff said in the past “we’ll try to add this or that smiley.” With the current version of vBulletin we can add them without having to bother the IS staff and so we’re discussing how to treat smiley requests. See the current thread by flowbark in this forum. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-d-grin/99240/10 "2002-03-24T19:08:55Z")
We’ve had quite a few things we planned to add/do to the site and that’s been true for way too long. We’ve also had problems that took precedence over adding stuff, mostly concerned with giving as many people as possible access to the SDMB. This is also not a full time job for any of us, though it certainly could be, there’s more than enough work here. We do what we can as we can do it. Adding extras is, well, extras. More smilies are extras. Sorry we haven’t been able to accommodate you yet. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-d-grin/99240/11 "2002-03-24T22:55:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by xash \* > \*\*Doesn’t anyone else notice the change in grin colour ? 😃 \*\* [Still pining for the coloured smilies](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=103879&highlight=pining+smilies) ☹ ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-d-grin/99240/12 "2002-03-25T03:09:57Z")
As a probably meaningless tangential aside- when I click on Northern Piper’s link I see some of the words on that thread in red, including two in mine own post, and they aren’t coded to be in color. What’s that? Just if anyone knows off the top of their heads or anything, I don’t mean to make work for anyone. (Or the bottom or middle… or whatever.) ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-d-grin/99240/13 "2002-03-25T03:32:51Z")
Look closely at the URL. Northern Piper searched for the words “pining” and “smilies”, so on the search result screen it modified the link to highlight his search terms. He then included the link as it appeared on the search results screen. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-d-grin/99240/14 "2002-03-25T03:35:45Z")
Color me stupid. :o Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-d-grin/99240/15 "2002-03-25T07:49:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arnold Winkelried \* > \*\*Look closely at the URL. Northern Piper searched for the words “pining” and “smilies”, so on the search result screen it modified the link to highlight his search terms. He then included the link as it appeared on the search results screen. \*\* Neat! I had no idea the search function would have that effect.