[UA-discuss] 69 New Emoji Have Been Approved By Unicode - Just in case you thought this Emoji stuff was a flash in the pan 🍳💥

Fri Mar 31 19:00:53 UTC 2017

Interesting...  I saw a few that would be appropriate for the hieroglyphic
record of our efforts from that new set. ;)

I see this on the agenda for the Redmond/Seattle group meetings - are we
deciding if this is in scope or not?

I talk often about the many groups of developers that I interact with in my
efforts towards solutions in UA, and on the plus side, Emoji support seems
to get attention from the developers at the moment.

On the plus side of things, maybe that attention opens the door to 'while
you are under the hood looking at your code to support Emoji, take a look
at how you are handling domains' discussions.

Emoji domains on the left side of the dot do work in a small subset of the
existing TLDs,  but for the most part are not really available en masse.
This plays out a couple ways within developer/executives for defining the
work scope.

   - Addition of Emoji support as a primary project with an opportunity to
   introduce UA readiness - Developer 'in the code' for Emoji support can be
   more efficient for the team and address the matters that give access to the
   next billion customers.
   - UA readiness initiative as guise for introducing Emoji support -
   Developer wants to add Emoji but need story to justify it, so they define
   the project as being performed to give access to the next billion customers
   and while they are 'in the code' add Emoji support.

Now, on the challenges side of things, this could be scope expansion if we
are going to incorporate Emoticon support into our discussions.

What I mean about Emoji is that they are often used as short form and are
composed using characters like :) (colon closeparen) that would be
typically illegal in a DOMAIN, URI, URL, SMTP or other protocol - so it may
open a new set of challenges beyond the already daunting set we're hoping
to chip away at in the existing quixotic list.

Software behavior seems to often me that the application 'automagically'
transposes them to or from their ASCII representation, like in many
messenger applications.  Try :) in skype, facebook other messenger and in
most cases it converts to the emoji smiley face.

I am not saying we should not be looking at the Emoji support concept, but
there are some massive things to address which widen our scope immensely.

   - There would have an issue with the interplay of IDNA and the
   'automagic' emoji handling / conversion apps perform.
   - There would be issues where there are standards that might break in
   the presence of ASCII characters used to compose emoji by users into apps
   that don't translate 'automagically', where those characters break the
   format of the protocol or are illegal in or confuse protocols being handled
   in an expected manner (such as but not limited to ":", ";", "/" etc.).
   - [long other list of things but those two are quite large and I was
   hoping to remain in the tl;dr realm on this]

Seems to me like leveraging the interest of people to add Emoji support may
be opening a window of opportunity for the conversations around UA, and we
might benefit there, but I would encourage that we let the conversations on
Emoji domains run their courses elsewhere so that we don't become
distracted by them or try to boil that larger ocean.

-Jothan

Jothan Frakes
Tel: +1.206-355-0230

On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 7:18 AM, Don Hollander <don.hollander at icann.org>
wrote:

>
> https://www.forbes.com/sites
>
> 69 New Emoji Have Been Approved By Unicode
> Mar 30, 2017 @ 10:31 PM
> [image: Emoji 5.0 / Photo Credit: Emojipedia]
>
> Emojipedia
>
> Emoji 5.0 / Photo Credit: Emojipedia <http://emojipedia.org/>
>
> Emojipedia founder and Chief Emoji Officer Jeremy Burge has announced
> <http://blog.emojipedia.org/final-2017-emoji-list/> that the Unicode
> Consortium has approved 69 emoji as part of the Emoji 5.0 update for 2017.
> The Unicode Consortium is a non-profit that develops software
> internationalization standards and data. Emoji 5.0 includes new smileys,
> foods, drinks, flags and people. And the Emoji 5.0 update will include new
> fantasy characters for the first time like mermaids (and mermen), zombies,
> elves, genies and vampires.
>
> The Emoji 5.0 update is slated to release in June 2017 and it actually
> contains 239 emoji in total when gender and skin tone recommendations are
> included. After the Unicode Consortium encodes the new emoji, vendors like
> Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter decide when to implement the
> changes. Google and Apple will likely implement the new emoji between
> October and December 2017. But the companies may potentially modify the
> emoji based on their preferences. For example, Apple replaced the gun emoji
> with a water gun in a previous emoji update. These 69 emoji will be joining
> approximately 2,000 other emoji that are already available. Here is a video
> that Emojipedia released introducing the new emoji:
>
> There are a number of noteworthy additions in the Emoji 5.0 update. The
> update includes gender-inclusive versions of children, adults and older
> adults. Additions to the “faces” category include a star-struck face, a
> face with a raised eyebrow (inspired by Stephen Colbert), an exploding
> head, a face with symbols over the mouth (swearing), a shushing face, a
> face with a hand over the mouth and a face with a monocle. New emoji in the
> “animals” category include a zebra, a giraffe, a hedgehog, a sauropod, a
> T-Rex and a cricket. Emoji 5.0 includes the flags of England, Scotland and
> Wales. And emoji being introduced to the “food” category are a cut of meat
> (steak), a coconut, broccoli, a pretzel, a sandwich, cereal, canned food, a
> dumpling, a fortune cookie, a hot pie, a takeout box and a cup with a straw.
>
> In this release, no gendered versions of breast-feeding, a bearded person
> or person with headscarf are being added. Male and female options will be
> available for yoga, rock climbing and person in steamy room. According to
> Burge via the Los Angeles Times
> <http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-new-emoji-gender-neutral-people-mermaid-dinosaur-hijab-breastfeeding-20170329-story.html>,
> the bearded man, a woman in a hijab and the giraffe were some of the most
> requested emoji.
>
> The proposal
> <https://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2016/11/29/hijab-gender-neutral-breastfeeding-emoji/>
> of an emoji woman wearing a hijab was sought by a teenager named Rayouf
> Alhumedi, which was supported by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. The
> gender neutral emoji were proposed by Adobe designer Paul Hunt. And
> interestingly, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland pushed for the
> person in steamy room (sauna) emoji.
>
> The Unicode Consortium has made it a priority to include diverse sets of
> emoji in every release. In November 2015, the Unicode Consortium published
> Emoji Version 2.0, which introduced skin tone modifier support. About a
> year later, the Unicode Consortium added 16 new emoji professions
> (including female and male versions) along with a rainbow flag. And the
> prospect of a redhead emoji is currently being discussed
> <http://blog.emojipedia.org/utc-provides-feedback-on-redhead-emoji/>.
>
> Here is a list of the emoji contained in the Emoji 5.0 update
> <http://emojipedia.org/emojipedia/5.0/>:
>
> - Face With One Eyebrow Raised (aka Colbert Emoji)
>
> - Grinning Face With Star Eyes
>
> - Grinning Face With One Large and One Small Eye
>
> - Face With Finger Covering Closed Lips (aka Shhh)
>
> - Serious Face With Symbols Covering Mouth (aka Swearing Face)
>
> - Smiling Face With Smiling Eyes and Hand Covering Mouth
>
> - Face With Monocle
>
> - Shocked Face With Exploding Head
>
> - Face With Open Mouth Vomiting
>
> - Child (Gender-Inclusive; supports skin tones)
>
> - Adult (Gender-Inclusive; supports skin tones)
>
> - Older Adult (Gender-Inclusive; supports skin tones)
>
> - Person With Headscarf (aka Hijab; supports skin tones)
>
> - Bearded Person (Supports skin tones)
>
> - Breast-Feeding (Supports skin tones)
>
> - Woman Mage (aka Witch; supports skin tones)
>
> - Man Mage (aka Wizard; supports skin tones)
>
> - Woman Fairy (Supports skin tones)
>
> - Man Fairy (Supports skin tones)
>
> - Woman Vampire (Supports skin tones)
>
> - Man Vampire (Supports skin tones)
>
> - Merwoman (aka Mermaid; supports skin tones)
>
> - Merman (Supports skin tones)
>
> - Woman Elf (Supports skin tones)
>
> - Man Elf (Supports skin tones)
>
> - Woman Genie
>
> - Man Genie
>
> - Woman Zombie (Supports skin tones)
>
> - Man Zombie (Supports skin tones)
>
> - Woman in Steamy Room (aka Woman in Sauna; supports skin tones)
>
> - Man in Steamy Room (aka Man in Sauna; supports skin tones)
>
> - Woman Climbing (aka Female Rock Climber; supports skin tones)
>
> - Man Climbing (aka Male Rock Climber; supports skin tones)
>
> - Woman in Lotus Position (aka Meditation or Yoga; supports skin tones)
>
> - Man in Lotus Position (aka Meditation or Yoga; supports skin tones)
>
> - I Love You Hand Sign (Supports skin tones)
>
> - Palms Up Together (Supports skin tones)
>
> - Brain
>
> - Orange Heart
>
> - Scarf
>
> - Gloves
>
> - Coat
>
> - Socks
>
> - Billed Cap (aka Baseball Cap)
>
> - Zebra Face
>
> - Giraffe Face
>
> - Hedgehog
>
> - Sauropod
>
> - T-Rex
>
> - Cricket
>
> - Coconut
>
> - Broccoli
>
> - Pretzel
>
> - Cut of Meat (aka Steak)
>
> - Sandwich
>
> - Bowl With Spoon (aka Cereal)
>
> - Canned Food
>
> - Dumpling
>
> - Fortune Cookie
>
> - Takeout Box
>
> - Pie
>
> - Cup With Straw (aka Soda or Milkshake)
>
> - Chopsticks
>
> - Flying Saucer
>
> - Sled
>
> - Curling Stone
>
> - Flag for England
>
> - Flag for Scotland
>
> - Flag for Wales
>
> *What are your thoughts about the new emoji? Which of these emoji do you
> plan to use the most? Please leave a comment!*
>
>
>
> Don Hollander
> Universal Acceptance Steering Group
> Skype: don_hollander
>
>
>
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