Emoticony is a robot for Google Wave. When added to a wave, it converts text representations of emoticons to actual images once the blip is submitted. An example of Emoticony in action can be seen below:

An embeded demo of Emoticony can be found on the Demo Page.

A variety of Emoticons are available around different themes. A complete listing of the emoticons for each category can be found out by clicking the 'Explore Directory' link. This directory includes the text required for the replacement to take place.

Emoticony works best if it is one of the first participants added. This is because emoticony can only react to any new blips submitted, or any blips which are edited since it became a participant.

When in the wave, type the characters of the emoticon you want to include. When you hit done (or shift + enter), Emoticony will then convert these characters into the image of emoticon. It's that simple!

If you have any more questions about using Emoticony, please email me on the email address below.

The code for this wave robot has been made available on Google Code.
Its project page can be found here.

Also on this project page you can find the wiki, containing more information about Emoticony.

If you have any questions about emoticony, or suggestions for new Emoticons you would like to see added, please feel free to contact me on emoticony[at]leestone.co.uk

Emoticony is available to use completely free of charge. If you've enjoyed using Emoticony, why not buy me a drink to say thanks?

©2009 Lee Stone