Who else thinks the head of the 'wow' smilie should be on the same baseline as the preceding text

[Oeditpus Rex]

Poll question: Who else thinks the head of the 'wow' smilie should be on the same baseline as the preceding text

and its jaw should drop below the baseline?

[bicentennial_baby]

1. Yes. That bothers me.

:patriot:

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. We should totally petition Elad for a proper wow

Or is it EarlG who takes care of that kind o' stuff? :shrug:

[fishwax]

2. I do

:wow:

[KitchenWitch]

3. ...

:wow: just :wow:

[DS1]

5. screw you, hippie

[KitchenWitch]

7. somehow I KNEW you would respond.

:P

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. See?

Until the jaws drop, it looks like "just" has mouse ears. Then it looks like it's sitting between two Doric columns or lampposts or somethin'.



I can't decide what color they are, though. Too dark and blue for mauve, not quite periwinkle or cornflower...



:shrug:

[KitchenWitch]

10. At least you didn't say mattresses.

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. :baghead:

[Dangerously Amused]

16. I think you could reasonably go with "cornflower."

But if it really bothers you, you could always adjust the color on your monitor until you are satisfied that it actually is "cornflower." Because really, one's reality conforms to one's perceptions, no?

[billyskank]

6. Can't easily be done, I'm afraid.

That's how the browser wants to draw it, and it's probably in the HTML spec that it should work that way.

/nerd

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. It's a browser thing?

Bugger. x(

[billyskank]

13. If you put an image in line with a piece of text

like this:

<p>here is some text with <img src="whatever" /> an image in it</p>

it will always draw the image with its baseline aligned with the baseline of the text.

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. Well, that's just *wrong*!

Whom do we sue? :grr:

[ghostsofgiants]

14. Yeah, that would probably require some fancy CSS formatting if it's doable at all.

[mcctatas]

12. Now I know how you made it to 40,000 posts

:P

[Dangerously Amused]

17. Totally.

But then wouldn't that mess up the leading for the following line of type?

[Oeditpus Rex]

21. Yes, but

in my study of Smilie Placement, I've found that the "wow" smilie is one that's usually the last thing in a post, or at least in a paragraph. Ergo, the additional leading forced by the jaw descender would likely not be unwanted or unattractive.

[Dangerously Amused]

24. I wouldn't have a problem with it when it was the last item in a post or paragraph,

..but I think you would have to add some special code disallowing it anywhere within a body of text. Because messing up the leading for the rest of the wordage would be distracting and pretty much unholy.

[Oeditpus Rex]

26. Yup

That's why I don't use it very often.

If a post isn't aesthetically pleasing, WTHF good is it? :shrug:

[azmouse]

18. hmmmm....

:wow: :wow:

[mcctatas]

19. showoff!

:rofl:

[Ptah]

20. That would just be wierd

Yes ?

[Oeditpus Rex]

22. I so just stole that!

:D

[Ptah]

23. I'm honored.

:thumbsup:

[RevolutionaryActs]

25. I agree.

It's always bothered me in fact. We're both dorks btw. :P