I find the lack of consistency in presentation of emoji to be a serious failing. Instead of adding meaning to words they've add ambiguity. You can only rely on emoji for adding flare, not functional meaning anymore, as it's impossible to know what the recipient is actually seeing.
And the shown emotions rarely line up with their descriptions in Unicode. It's like all font designers spend their lives devoid of human contact and don't actually know what these emotions are.
The change of a gun to a water pistol I also consider a defect on Apple/Google's part. They've changed the meaning of a character. This is similar to changing an A to a B representation.
To learn more about problems with Unicode strings in languages, also see my article The string type is broken.
The change of a gun to a water pistol I also consider a defect on Apple/Google's part. They've changed the meaning of a character. This is similar to changing an A to a B representation.
I totally agree. Especially considering the fact that the next day, Microsoft changed its depiction of the gun emoji from a ray gun to a revolver.
This is why I also prefer using emojis as flare, as you said, and nothing more.
I actually read a funny article that addressed this lack of consistency a year or so ago, where they emphasized how the use of certain emojis could potentially distort your message, rather than clarify it.
Nevertheless, as more of a visual person, I still like using emojis in my commit messages for both the improved visual grepping and pure novelty.
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I find the lack of consistency in presentation of emoji to be a serious failing. Instead of adding meaning to words they've add ambiguity. You can only rely on emoji for adding flare, not functional meaning anymore, as it's impossible to know what the recipient is actually seeing.
And the shown emotions rarely line up with their descriptions in Unicode. It's like all font designers spend their lives devoid of human contact and don't actually know what these emotions are.
The change of a gun to a water pistol I also consider a defect on Apple/Google's part. They've changed the meaning of a character. This is similar to changing an
Ato aBrepresentation.To learn more about problems with Unicode strings in languages, also see my article The string type is broken.
I totally agree. Especially considering the fact that the next day, Microsoft changed its depiction of the gun emoji from a ray gun to a revolver.
This is why I also prefer using emojis as flare, as you said, and nothing more.
I actually read a funny article that addressed this lack of consistency a year or so ago, where they emphasized how the use of certain emojis could potentially distort your message, rather than clarify it.
Nevertheless, as more of a visual person, I still like using emojis in my commit messages for both the improved visual grepping and pure novelty.