{"id":662,"date":"2010-05-09T20:59:05","date_gmt":"2010-05-09T20:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refraction.co.uk\/blog\/?p=662"},"modified":"2010-05-09T21:44:09","modified_gmt":"2010-05-09T21:44:09","slug":"facebook-chat-formatting-and-smiley-icons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refraction.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/05\/09\/facebook-chat-formatting-and-smiley-icons\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Chat Formatting and Smiley Icons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Years ago when I was at university I used to waste away time between lectures on IRC<\/a> taking about 3D graphics and stuff.\u00a0 These days I don\u2019t spend nearly as much time chatting online.\u00a0 The one exception is probably Facebook<\/a>\u00a0chat because it\u2019s a handy way of keeping in touch with people I don\u2019t really get to chat to any other way.<\/p>\n

Anyways, I’ve noticed that there are some (as far as I can tell) undocumented little features in there.\u00a0 Some of the old conventions and smileys<\/a> that were used on IRC are embedded in there as more modern formatting and icons.\u00a0 So on the request\u00a0of my girlfriend I did a bit of a search\u00a0and put together a list of all the formatting and icons I could find\u2026<\/p>\n

Bold<\/strong>:\u00a0 Wrapping a word in asterisks like: *bold* will bold the word in question.<\/p>\n

Underline<\/span>:\u00a0 Wrapping a word like this _underline_ will underline it.<\/p>\n

Bold Underline<\/span><\/strong>: Combining the two like *_this_* combines the two<\/p>\n

\"smile\"<\/a> Bog standard smiley
:) or :-) or :] or =)<\/p>\n

\"frown\"<\/a> Frowning\u00a0
:( or :-( or :[ or =(<\/p>\n

\"tongue\"<\/a> Tongue in cheek\u00a0
:p or :-p or =P<\/p>\n

\"grin\"<\/a> Grinning\u00a0
:D or :-D or =D<\/p>\n

\"gasp\"<\/a> Gasping\u00a0
:O or :-O or :o or :-o<\/p>\n

\"wink\"<\/a> Winking\u00a0
;) or ;-)<\/p>\n

\"glasses\"<\/a> Glasses\u00a0
8) or 8-) or B) or B-)<\/p>\n

\"sunglasses\"<\/a> Sunglasses\u00a0
8| or 8-| or B| or B-|<\/p>\n

\"grumpy\"<\/a> Grumpy\u00a0
>:( or >:-(<\/p>\n

\"unsure\"<\/a> Unsure\u00a0
:\/ or :-\/ or :\\ or :-\\<\/p>\n

\"cry\"<\/a> Crying\u00a0
:'(<\/p>\n

\"devil\"<\/a> Devil smile\u00a0
3:) or 3:-)<\/p>\n

\"halo\"<\/a> Halo
O:) or O:-)<\/p>\n

\"kiss\"<\/a> Kiss\u00a0
:* or :-*<\/p>\n

\"heart\"<\/a> Heart\u00a0
<3<\/p>\n

\"kiki\"<\/a> Kiki\u00a0
^_^<\/p>\n

\"squint\"<\/a> Squint
-_-<\/p>\n

\"confused\"<\/a> Confused\u00a0
O.o or o.O<\/p>\n

\"upset\"<\/a> Upset\u00a0
>:O or >:-O or >:o or >:-o<\/p>\n

\"pacman\"<\/a> Pacman
:v<\/p>\n

\"tache\"<\/a> Moustache Face
:3<\/p>\n

\"robot\"<\/a> Robot Face
:|]<\/p>\n

\"putnam\"<\/a> Chris Putnam (a Facebook engineer\u2026 perk of the job I guess!)\u00a0
:putnam:<\/p>\n

\"shark\"<\/a> Shark\u00a0
(^^^)<\/p>\n

\"penguin\"<\/a> Penguin
<(“)<\/p>\n

Thanks to <\/em>http:\/\/20bits.com\/articles\/easter-eggs-in-facebook-chat\/<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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