My profile picture is even animated

Related to the recent nudge from kcott, and without really understanding what I was doing, I was surprised to see an animated "eyepopslikeamosquito" Unicode emoji (with a blinking eye) with the following in my private scratchpad:

<P>
<pre>
<img src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/latest/1f441_fe0f/51
+2.gif"
alt="&#128065;" width="32" height="32">
<big><big><big>&#127870;</big></big></big>
<big><big><big>&#128077;</big></big></big>
<big><big><big>&#129439;</big></big></big>
</pre>
</P>
[download]

That is, the above displays an animated blinking eye along with the usual "pops", "like", and "mosquito" Unicode emojis ... but only in my private scratchpad, not when I Preview the post.

I got the idea from these two web sites:

• Upcoming updates to Unicode Emojis - including animation
• noto emoji animation - all things related to animating Noto Emoji

If anyone can explain the difference between my private scratchpad versus making a post, please let us know. Update: I only see the animation in my Scratchpad (both Private and Public) while Editing, when I View either Scratchpad, the animation disappears.

Also interested to hear opinions on whether animated emojis are welcome on Perl Monks or should be banned.

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G'day 👁️🍾👍🦟,

I pasted the HTML you provided in my Private (Edit) Scratchpad: it rendered as you described with an animated eye followed by three static emoji. Switching to my Private (View) Scratchpad, I saw:

<img src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/latest/1f441_fe0f/512.gif"
alt="👁" width="32" height="32">

followed by three static emoji.

It's always been my understanding that the <img> tag is not allowed on PM. I do seem to recall reading that somewhere; I can't find it quickly. That tag does not appear in "Perl Monks Approved HTML tags".

So, allowing <img> in Private (Edit) Scratchpad is possibly a mistake; alternatively, it may have been done on purpose for some reason I don't know about. It should probably be disallowed there too.

An emoji is just a character, it's a few more bytes than an ASCII character, but that's all. Your blinking eye is not an emoji: it's a GIF image with a size of 258,960 bytes. I note that it's too big for the 80kB (upload) limit for a home node image.

Emoji have been used on this site responsibly. Some have used ☺️ in lieu of :-) (or similar) in a few places. Occasionally, we've had a bit of fun, in a few isolated groups of nodes, where several emoji have been used. I'd like to see that status quo continued.

In general, I do not like blinking or flashing content; I find it distracting and annoying.

With the <img> tag disallowed, animated emoji are banned by default. Let's keep it that way.

— Ken

G'day K🛌,

Thanks for the clarifications. Much appreciated.

In general, I do not like blinking or flashing content; I find it distracting and annoying

Agreed.

After patiently refraining from using "image miniatures" for sixteen long years after my initial attempt of 2007, due to bandwidth concerns, it's been refreshing to play around with them again. So thanks for the prod. :)

As a way to repay you - as you may have noticed from the opening G'day salutation above - I've created a Unicode emoji for your kcott user name. Though we're both from Australia, I've used the US/Canadian meaning of cott (an obsolete spelling of cot) as "a simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes". In Australia/NZ, a cot is "a bed for infants or small children", but I couldn't find a Unicode emoji for an infant's bed. :)

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Dear 👁️🍾👍🦟,

Congrats to your 2222nd post. =)

(Let's take bets about when you'll reach 3333 then ... ;)

Cheers Rolf
_{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
see Wikisyntax for the Monastery}

Darling 🖧❎,

Congrats to your 2222nd post. =)

Thankyou and good catch. Interestingly, I'm now breathing down the neck of both talexb at 2264 posts, and afoken at 2272 posts. Do you predict I will catch up to either of them?

The redoubtable karlgoethebier is also right in the mix at 2239 posts (update).

Number of Posts (Update)

Date	Monk	Posts	Monk	Posts	Monk	Posts	Monk	Posts
Oct 31 2023	afoken	2273	talexb	2264	karlgoethebier	2239	eyepopslikeamosquito	2235
Dec 10 2023	afoken	2290	talexb	2265	karlgoethebier	2244	eyepopslikeamosquito	2291
Aug 6 2025	afoken	2391	talexb	2405	karlgoethebier	2339	eyepopslikeamosquito	2428

Updated: changed the black X in LanX emoji to an inverted green one.

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Modern Christmas trees emerged in western Germany during the 16th century as Christians brought trees into their homes and decorated them with gingerbread, nuts and apples

-- from The History of the Christmas Tree

LanX, given your location, I've created a new and improved Unicode emoji for you, celebrating your annual ritual of eating of gingerbread, nuts and apples under the Christmas tree:

🖧 ❎ 🫚🌰🍎😋🎄

While I appreciate you wear Lederhosen on such occasions, I couldn't find an emoji for that.

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