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Discussion on: You Are Using Emojis The Wrong Way

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Christian Gröber

I actually disagree on your point that emojis should look the way the device the site is viewed on, intends them to look (when it comes to native apps I do agree though)

Your site has a design language, and your emojis should follow that design language, it shouldn't be up to the device to determine the design language itself.

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Christos Litras

Every site has its style and developers are freely to use SVG and graphics as they want and they should be aware of the consequences and the side-effects of their actions. Emojis are not a matter of how a font looks or how much padding/margin there is between some blocks, but it's tied to the devices. It's like respecting users preference for dark/light theme using CSS media queries like @media (prefers-color-scheme: light) or @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark). Users are used to these emojis styles and especially for users with sigh disabilities these preference should be considered and respected.

Why keep system/device emojis for native apps? You're saying that native applications cannot have their own unique style? I've created quite a few native apps all with different styles.

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Christian Gröber

Personally I like when native apps follow the OS's design language, makes the whole seem more unified.