Open Bug 1149193 Opened 9 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Emoticons/smileys/emoji should be included as inline images when sending HTML messages (ux-wysiwyg)

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, enhancement)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
Message Compose Window
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

(Not tracked)

People

(Reporter: CharlesLChapman, Unassigned)

References

Details

(Whiteboard: [ux-wysiwyg]) 

In the message compose window, there's a dropdown to insert graphical emoticons into your message. As a user, it seems to work ... a graphical emoticon is inserted into the WYSIWYG. If you check your Sent folder, it also seems to work, as Thunderbird renders such as ":-)" as a graphical emoticon ... but to your recipient, it just shows as plain text ":-)", even when included in an HTML e-mail.

Thunderbird should insert the graphical emoticon into the HTML version of the e-mail.
Component: General → Message Compose Window
I think this is a legitimate request, perhaps with a hidden pref, probably defaulting to including smileys as inline images, to ensure ux-wysiwyg.

Another alternative might be bug 1213694, to use standard unicode characters for smileys.
Perhaps triple pref, 0=text, 1=inline-images, 2=unicode-emojis.
Severity: normal → enhancement
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
See Also: → 1213694
Summary: graphical emoticons not included in sent HTML e-mail → Emoticons/smileys/emoji should be included as inline images when sending HTML messages (ux-wysiwyg)
Whiteboard: [ux-wysiwyg]
Severity: normal → S3
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