Remove smileys in messenger program (iChat for mac)
It has long annoyed me that there is no intuitive, straightforward way to disable smileys in chat programs.
Today I found that these two commands can do it for iChat for mac:
$ cd /Applications/iChat.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/
$ mv SmileyTable.plist SmileyTable.plist.bak
Restart iChat. (tip from MacOSXhints.com: Disable graphical smileys in iChat 3.0 but it works for me on Mac OS X 10.5.8 with iChat 4.0.8 (619).
Now my conversations look like this:
Which reminds me that I better soon write a short article on the problem of having the wrong and obtrusive defaults in your applications.
August 14th, 2009 at 18:51 (GMT-1)
that’s perfect! i didnt know how to remove the smileys, i really appreciate your post! it drives me crazy when people put more smileys than words in messenger, thanks for the solution!
August 18th, 2009 at 14:21 (GMT-1)
Would be nice if they could be turned off in all email programs too.
A friend had great difficulties executing a couple of command lines sent by a software provider, which contained : followed by ( or some similar combination interpreted by his mail reader as a smiley…
August 22nd, 2009 at 15:51 (GMT-1)
Ok, I understand that in some instances they are just not required but there are those that genuinely love them and they can give a little levity to a boring day. But now there are ways to do it for those who can’t bear a smile! Don’t worry I wouldn’t even dream of trying to leave one here!
August 23rd, 2009 at 21:28 (GMT-1)
I personally find the smileys a little annoying as well maybe because they are used so liberally. Now I know how to disable them on Yahoo and Ichat. How about on ICQ? Thanks for the useful information.
August 24th, 2009 at 05:21 (GMT-1)
thanks for this great and informative post i appreciate it thanks for sharing i learn something new today. i will use what i learn today
August 25th, 2009 at 17:30 (GMT-1)
This is why I like skype. It’s really simple to turn off smileys in Skype =D