ALERT! Smilie's got blinking eyes.

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While composing a reply I just used the live preview with a :slight_smile: in the text and I see that the eyes blink.

Thought I should alert the community ASAP. (well it's been a slow day)

Rob

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Well Ok then... :slight_smile: Sorry, just had to try it... Not blinking for me...

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I see that the eyes blink

I've had that happen after going without sleep for more than 24 hours or consuming too many organic molecules containing a hydroxyl group. [smiley=wink.gif]

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Yeah man, I think your tired or... how to put this nicely... CRAZY! :wink:

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:slight_smile:

He's right! If you click the "live preview" option, it does blink! But only in the live preview, weird.

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It only blinks one time, its s non looping gif.

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Can't believe I fell for this. No blinking on my live preview. :slight_smile: For those that did see the blink, did the smily blink this?
..-. --- --- .-..
;D

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Thanks sciguy, I'm not going crazy then (or we both are). Not trying to FOOL you liudr.

Maybe the different results are a browser thing, I'm using IE8.

EDIT: Tried these and I get the same with all of them.

Firefox 3.0.11
Safari 4 beta
Opera 9.64
Chrome 8.0.552.224

Rob

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Too much blinking!

I'm using Safari 5.0.3 on Mac os 10.6.6

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They blink for me, but only every now and then, you have to be staring at it to even see it

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Too much blinking!

Of course only you can modify (and therefore see) it, but hey, that's the happiest post I've ever seen.

Rob

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This is a test :slight_smile: In the event of a real message this post would contain

:
Stand by.
:

Real message comming through

It is not the same file. Seems the preview file [smiley=smiley.gif] is 808 bytres long, and the embedded one :slight_smile: is 1107 bytes, and does also contain animation frames. Both are called smiley.gif

See ?

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:slight_smile: At first I couldn't find the live preview, just the preview. But yes they blink every now and then in live preview. ;D

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It blinks for me about every 3 seconds...
Also, all of them are animated !!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile: blinks
:wink: :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink: Winks, then goes back to normal smiley
:smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: Eyes boggle
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Animated laugh

:frowning: >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( Looks back and forth
:frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: Looks back and forth
:sunglasses: :sunglasses: :sunglasses: :sunglasses: :sunglasses: :sunglasses: Glasses glitter
:-? :-? :-? :-? :-? :-? Eyebrow up ad down
::slight_smile: ::slight_smile: ::slight_smile: ::slight_smile: ::slight_smile: ::slight_smile: Eyes roll
:stuck_out_tongue: :stuck_out_tongue: :stuck_out_tongue: :stuck_out_tongue: :stuck_out_tongue: :stuck_out_tongue: Tongue in and out
:-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ Blinks
:-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X Blinks
:-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ Looks back and forth
:-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* Animated kiss
:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: Tear falls

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Spot the difference between these two
:slight_smile: [smiley=smiley.gif]
I see a difference on the posted version (only one blinks), both blink in the live preview.

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They both point to different files, so we can assume that the live preview simply uses smilies from a different folder and it's not a conspiracy after all.

Rob