It looks Obvious - Latest Comments in Back to hieroglyphics

Re: Back to hieroglyphics

Rogel — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:10:14 -0000

I have very little problem with emoticons when they are added to text. The issue here is the replacement of modern text with less unsophisticated method.

Re: Back to hieroglyphics

/pd — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:23:24 -0000

with emoticons being part of the cyberworld. ITs only only rational that icon based SMS is a wonderful idea. The XGen will figure it out, as long as the tool set is avialable (read as hammer and chisel here !!) :)-

Re: Back to hieroglyphics

Rogel — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:05:36 -0000

When the level of conversation is reduce to growls living in different country isn't an issue any more. That, however, doesn't change the fact that the level of conversation is reduced to growls:)
My fear is not that we will develop 50,000 icons, but that we will use only few. What we are going to have is an inarticulate culture, and I can't think of any reason why is this considered as progress

Re: Back to hieroglyphics

Andreas — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 05:55:14 -0000

I think you are right - but I am also sure that it is not possible that we can create sentences with a complex structure. We would need more icons to do that - and than we are near the chinese language with over 50.000 symbols. So I think it will be a success for short messages but it will be more and more mixed with the "normal" language which you can do on Zlango. When you look at chat software like MSN or ICQ - we are always using small "caveman" symbols to talk to each other - because it is faster to type and some of us that use this services are living in a fast world. But I fully agree on your post that it isn't helpful for kids education and for those who even know their own language correctly. On the plus side - people that life in different countries can talk to each other when they learn that "caveman" symbols.