{"id":10723,"date":"2015-02-08T16:06:38","date_gmt":"2015-02-08T21:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=10723"},"modified":"2015-04-09T18:51:01","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T22:51:01","slug":"better-emoji-in-mac-os-x-10-10-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/08\/better-emoji-in-mac-os-x-10-10-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Emoji in Mac OS X 10.10.3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eric Slivka<\/a>:<\/p>\n

One immediately evident change is the menu option used to bring up the character palette where emoji and other symbols can be browsed and selected. The Character palette a is systemwide option generally accessed through the “Edit” menu in most Mac apps. On OS X 10.10.2 and earlier, the menu item is called “Special Characters,” while on OS X 10.10.3, it is labeled “Emoji & Symbols”. The change offers a clearer description of what can be accessed through the menu item while specifically giving a strong visibility boost to emoji.<\/p>

Another significant change for emoji in OS X 10.10.3 is the apparent laying of groundwork to support skin tone modifiers<\/a> proposed for the Unicode 8.0 standard.<\/p><\/blockquote>

See also: Wink in All Colors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Update (2015-04-03): Paul Kafasis<\/a>:<\/p>\n

However, after much searching I realized I was to be let down once again. None of the emoji from the updated Unicode 7 spec are included. Apple continues to flip us the figurative bird by refusing to provide us with a literal middle finger. Diversity of races is surely a good thing, but where is the diversity for people who wish to communicate with widely recognized hand gestures? Surely we deserve satisfaction!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nick Heer<\/a>:<\/p>\n

This is actually — no bullshit — a very good question. Apple tends to be super cautious about being family friendly, to a sometimes ridiculous degree<\/a>, but the “Reversed Hand With Middle Finger Extended” emoji is a totally valid Unicode character<\/a>, as much as the letter ‘p’<\/a> is. Does Apple’s avoidance of anything even slightly profane<\/a> trump their full support of the Unicode character set? I don’t think it should. It’s a character, like anything else, and Apple should support it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Update (2015-04-08): Jason Snell<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The latest betas of OS X and iOS add support for a single new emoji symbol: Raised Hand with Part Between Middle and Ring Finger<\/a>. […] I assume this is a tribute to Leonard Nimoy<\/a>, and it’s wonderful. No doubt someone at Apple is dutifully working on all<\/em> these new emoji symbols, and they’ll eventually debut in a future OS update, but in the meantime, Spock’s salute has gone to a strange, new world: emoji.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Update (2015-04-09): Paul Kafasis<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, however, the much-sought-after “Reversed Hand With Middle Finger Extended” is still<\/em> unavailable in either of Apple’s OSes. Worse, Apple recently closed the bug report<\/a> your humble author filed in hopes of making this available to the eager masses!<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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