[Gllug] Another Mozilla Question

[Formi]

 Well, John web cams can be a very insensitive, and forget to turn
 off themselves, and then we all have a laugh...

 I must admit I don't speak for myself but some people in this
 list do know what is it like.

 Appart having pics of everyone would erradicate the fun we have
 when we forget people's names at the meetings.

 Formi
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On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, John Hearns wrote:

> On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 15:35, chris.wareham at btopenworld.com wrote:
>
> >
> > And if I was feeling belligerent, which I normally am, I'd say
> > that the demise of faces was a good thing.
>
> Maybe faces would be a GOOD thing.
> Bear with me...
> I've often though, as have many people, that it is almost impossible to
> convey emotion and tone of voice in emails. Hence the rise of emoticons
> like :-) which in my opinion don't do that great a job.
> You need to see someones expression to make out whether or not they are
> joking, angry or outraged etc.
> Hence my idea of a few seconds ago - allow faces on emails, but only if
> they are snapped up-to-the-second by a webcam.
> So the mailing list can see if you are hung over this morning. Or have
> drunk too much coffee.
>
> On second thoughts though, does anyone REALLY want to see me early in
> the morning... shudder....
>
>
> ps. Very, very much tongue in cheek.
>
>
>
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