Full List Of Gmail Emoticons
Gmail Help has the list of animated Gmail Chat emoticons, the turning and winking smilies you see when chatting in Gmail, but not in Google Talk, the supposedly full-featured client.
If you miss the animation, uh, reload the page or something. Yeah, these break the normal rightclick > Reload Image behavior in Opera, and I’m not sure other browsers even have that feature. Actually, the one thing that does work in Opera is to scroll down, so they’re off page, and then scroll back up. I have no idea why that is, but its probably also what breaks reloading.
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Emoticon
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Key Combination
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< 3
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 It’s a monkey! |
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 Rock out. |
\ m /
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: - o
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: D
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: (
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X - (
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B - )
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: ‘ (
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= D
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; )
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: - |
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= )
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: - D
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; ^ )
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: - /
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: P
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(via Dirson)
The emoticons suck.
Comment by Daldianus | February 22, 2006
Why do they suck? Because they don’t look like the “stylish” emoticons of other IM services like Yahoo’s? Personally, I believe text smilies are better than emoticons because they don’t distract you as much…at least Gmail’s simple emoticons blend with the text so you won’t get irritated with a bunch of bright yellow heads.
Comment by Francis Ocoma | February 22, 2006
Exactly, TY Francis
Comment by Dave the monkey | March 6, 2006
Francis is right! They are smooth and understated…and they still retain a typographic aesthetic. Google knows what the eff is up.
Comment by Matty | March 12, 2006
If you love text so much, then why convert it to an image at all? Idiots.
Comment by dh- | April 5, 2006
Some are missing, though.. >.
Comment by Generianonym | April 6, 2006
ctfo, please o_O
Comment by Lorelei | April 6, 2006
I like the google emotions too
Comment by steph | April 10, 2006
These emoticons kick much ass
Comment by Ely | April 27, 2006
They are completely pitiful in a competetive market. most people I know won’t switch over this one simple feature even though I have tried to explain how great everything else is!
Comment by mysticrhythms | May 8, 2006
i love gmail chat its flippin sweet
Comment by fosho :) | May 16, 2006
I think the texticons are great. You can’t help but go “aww” at the sad smiley. (Sad smiley?) Google Chat is very nice, and google talk is the best voice chat I’ve used, but I highly doubt it will catch on. If it does, it won’t be for a long time. Most people don’t even use gmail.
Comment by scarcock | May 23, 2006
Emoticons express whay you feel.
Much like a picture expresses a thousand words.I am huge fan of Gmail but I am tempted to turn to Yahoo.com for a limited number of people who correspond with me daily.
Please make your emoticons more expressive and should be an option near the ‘Bold, Italic, Underline’ option.
Once again, a picture/emoticon expresses a thousand words.
Warm regards,
Jehangir Chinoy.
Sr. Programer, IBM. India.
Comment by J Chinoy | June 16, 2006
I love gmail but Im still confused about emoticons…
Comment by Leesee | August 26, 2006
I found a new gmail emoticon that isn’t listed on Google’s list.
Try this one…
>.
Comment by James | September 19, 2006
Oops, it rendered the Open Bracket as HTML!
Let me try it again…
>.<
Comment by James | September 19, 2006
Hey! Try this (>.
Comment by Jim Sweeney | September 30, 2006
Oops if this doesn’t work, do like that other guy’s suggestion in parentheses.
(>.
Comment by Jim Sweeney | September 30, 2006
chinoy: emoticons don’t express a thousand words. that’s *pictures* that express a thousand words.
emoticons express only what the name suggests - emotions. this can be accomplished similarly through a simple ascii-like graphic (e.g., gmail’s emoticons) or a more ornate graphic (e.g., AIM’s emoticons). the communicative content is the same in either case.
=) means =), whether it’s big or small or animated or not, the same as “hi” means “hi” no matter what font face you use to write it.
Comment by damon | November 16, 2006
damon,
Reread what Chinoy actually posted. He was saying that Emoticons express how you feel, much LIKE pictures express a thousand words. Please don’t critcize people through intentional misquoting.
There are a large number of people out there that refuse to use gmail chat due to the fact that texticons are not as expressive or aesthetically pleasing as the more competitive and expressive Emoticons.
Personally, I think it would be beneficial to my enjoyment of the gmail chat as well as to that of the myriad users out there who simply prefer something nicer on the eyes.
Comment by D Stratton | November 19, 2006
}:-) also works !
>.
Comment by kibje | December 8, 2006
Try this:
+/’\
I have no idea what it is supposed to be!
Comment by Daniel | December 14, 2006
I couldn’t figure that one out either, but my girlfriend did: it’s MORE COWBELL!! cool, huh?
+/’\
By the way, I’ve never liked any chat other than gmail’s - maybe it is geared more towards my age group (30+), which makes sense, because all the lil kids playing with AIM don’t have the cash we do.
Comment by KP | December 14, 2006
[…] Courtesy of Daniel and KP in the comments. […]
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they really need a raised-eyebrow smiley
Comment by Gayle | January 2, 2007
i think the smileys are fab! gmail is the shnizzner - rock on
Comment by lucy | January 4, 2007
KP-
maybe, but I’m 15, and I despise big or colorful emoticons. I think it’s just what your tastes are. on other chat services, I go out of my way to make it so my smilie doesn’t get big and yellow -.-
Comment by Andi | January 4, 2007
Love the emoticons and the google ones are lots of fun. That cowbell one is wonderful, thanks for showing me that one!
Comment by StickyKeys | January 10, 2007
i love the email emoticons precisely because they are not overly complex and shiny - they are simple.
i just wish XD worked.
Comment by bumpgrrl | January 11, 2007
what about (|) (if they turn it pink it could be a v…
Comment by daniel | February 9, 2007
i think gmail emoticons are cool but i mainly use MSN and get on gmail to talk to ppl who dont have MSN. i sorta like the gmail emoticons but they are boring and plain and there arent that many of them. in MSN there are thousands of attractive and unique emoticons.
i just think if the google team made them flashier they could go far with google talk…
annonomous
Comment by bored | February 9, 2007
I like gmail chat, because it is difficul to be caught on chatting when you are “not supposed to be doing that”, since there are no colorful effects poping up every 2 seconds!!!
So thanks and have a good one (whatever the one can be for you!)
Sara
Comment by Sara | March 4, 2007
A list of all the ones I know not mentioned:
}:-)
>.
Comment by Steven | March 26, 2007
Nvm it messed it up.
}:-)
+/’\
>.(open bracket)
Comment by Steven | March 26, 2007
CHeck out google talk. Just like gmail chat except is a stand alone program. You can easily send files too. Also there is a phone option. Not sure how good it sounds though.
Comment by rodney | March 28, 2007
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Comment by Cristina Roy | April 19, 2007
Comment by Luxman | April 27, 2007
Comment by Rejith | May 11, 2007
I can’t get the cowbell to work
Comment by Kara | May 11, 2007
i think the gmail emoticons suck. i just switched from yahoo and love everthing else but really feel like something is missing. yahoo’s make me laugh- which is very important for me. my opinion - gmail should use the colorful ones, too (i really miss the devil, mostly, and the raised eyebrow) and don’t use them if you don’t like them.
Comment by JA | May 22, 2007
why do only a few emotions work?
and
Comment by Joanna | May 23, 2007
RAWR
rawr
}:-)
:(|)
+/’\
Comment by ryland | June 8, 2007
I prefer gmail emoticon’s over the bright smileys, I just wish there were more…please, please somebody create more. I love em.
Comment by Nicole | June 8, 2007
I wish they would get some more. The cowbell is kinda cool, and google talk is really cool! =Þ
Comment by Ashley | July 18, 2007
Does ANYONE else think this so called monkey:
:(|)
Looks like ANYTHING else? Granted it does have eyes. But wtf. LOOK AT IT. ITS A BIG VAGINA WITH EYES!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH RUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!
Comment by IAteIt | July 20, 2007
I >3 that big :(|) !!!!
B-) hehehe
Comment by Bob James | August 2, 2007
Eu sou brasileiro com muito orgulho e muito amor!
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B-)
Comment by Bob James | August 2, 2007
Essa bandeira é maneiríssima!
[]
Comment by Bob James | August 2, 2007
Comment by Bob James | August 2, 2007
I think gmail chat rules…i can chat wherever i am without installing anything, and it’s allowed everywhere. Web messenger is sometimes banned, and it’s a drag anyway.
I can be working an chatting, no one even thinks i’m chatting. It’s great.
Comment by trs | August 21, 2007
I love the emoticons! THey’re not big and flashy like the ones on messenger. But I do wish there were more. By the way, congratulations to everyone who found others that weren’t on the site!
Comment by Margie | September 7, 2007
Hey guys, I just discovered something else. If you add an asterisk (*) before and after your wording, that phrase will be displayed in bold.
Comment by Margie | September 10, 2007
What means ;| ?
Comment by lancer | September 20, 2007
I can’t dis play the cowbell =(
Comment by dayday | October 8, 2007
Why are there no normal smilies in gmail chat? Why not those colorfull ones. I don’t like thoe simple one’s
Comment by yana | October 19, 2007
i like them a lot. the yellow heads are so ridiculous. when i used AIM, i hated when they turned animated. but gmails are just enough to be cute, but not like BAMMMMMMM.
Comment by Laura | October 19, 2007
forgot +/’\
Comment by nope | November 5, 2007
THEY ARE NOT STUPID. They’re actually super cute!! my best friend and I are crazy over those..they’re simpler and can beat other emoticons anytime!
Comment by turnips | November 21, 2007