Ken Whistler wrote: > As for how "users" are supposed to know the difference. Well, they > don't. What matters is that the data file that the "implementers" will > use has these 3 emoji tag sequences in it, so that is quite likely > what everybody will see added to their phones. The "users" will just > see 3 more flags.
So, no provision for a UI like the one I'm building, to let users select a region or subdivision and generate the corresponding sequence? Mmh. Well, anyway. > And if they want a flag of California (or whatever), then they need to > badger the platform vendors, who will then come back to the Emoji SC, > saying, "Help! We need to add a flag of California, or people won't > buy our phones!" The way nobody will buy their phones unless they support all 5 skin tones for all 3 flavors of "vampire" or "elf" or "fairy" or "person in lotus position"? Those are also generative mechanisms, but not limited to just a couple of combinations deemed worthy. If flags have to be added one by one, a lot of them (including the really useful ones, like California and Bavaria) will probably never happen. -- Doug Ewell | Thornton, CO, US | ewellic.org