On Sun, 16 Feb 2003, John Rodgers wrote:

> All the little graphic Smiley Faces which have been appearing in the
> mail in recent monthst, that convey very well the intent of writer, when
> the text could be misleading, are all functions of HTML. You would have
> us do away with this?

What's wrong with standard text smilies, like these:

:)
;)
:(
:/

They've been in use for about a decade now.

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