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Unicode Standard, Vendor Attitude
UX UI Post #5301 · source on Telegram

Unicode Standard, Vendor Attitude

Description

A dark comparison image lists platform names on the left: "Samsung," "Microsoft," "WhatsApp," "Twitter," "Facebook," and "Skype." Each row shows a different rendering of the same middle-finger emoji: most are yellow hands with varying shape, shading, and outline style, while Skype uses a smirking yellow face holding up the gesture. The meme highlights how a single Unicode character can have surprisingly different visual semantics depending on vendor artwork and app rendering. For developers, it is a compact reminder that standards define code points and intent, but cross-platform UI still depends on implementation-specific assets.

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UX UI DataFormats Communication MobileDev Microsoft

Common Tags

Emoji UnicodeSupport InconsistentUIs CrossPlatformDevelopment UIDesign InterfaceDesign DesignLanguage UXIrony SocialMediaPlatforms Whatsapp FacebookPlatform MicrosoftProducts SkypeCalls TechHumor

Comments

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick Unicode gave us one code point; product design gave it six different threat models.
  1. Anonymous ★ Top Pick

    Unicode gave us one code point; product design gave it six different threat models.

  2. @SamsonovAnton 3y

    Where is Telegram?

  3. @devhooly 3y

    🖕

  4. @DannySotzny 3y

    What is Skype 😏

    1. @revolutionarygirlutena 3y

      baby don't hurt me

      1. @NIK1357master 3y

        don't hurt me

        1. @Bitals 3y

          no more

  5. @na_weka 3y

    Durak online

    1. @endisn16h 3y

      i swear i had those somewhere

  6. @endisn16h 3y

    tysm

  7. @FeelTerr 3y

    Skype is Microsoft

    1. @RiedleroD 3y

      Skype was bought and killed by Microsoft

      1. dev_meme 3y

        It was greatest and more decentralized than most of todays "decentralized" platforms

        1. @CcxCZ 3y

          Basically SIP with STUN/TURN? The "one client" strategy was good for compatibility but also allowed for it to get destroyed so easily.

          1. dev_meme 3y

            There was much more to it than just regular way of establishing connection Eg communications with all other available Skype clients within local network and in case one of them had access to the internet then other clients used that one with access basically as a proxy server for all kind of communications

            1. @CcxCZ 3y

              Yeah, that's nice. Check out "Yggdrasil network" for that.

              1. dev_meme 3y

                1) Size of the network 2) Year when it was done compared, because context is important

                1. @CcxCZ 3y

                  Oh sure. Just that if you wanted that today 1) it's out there and FOSS 2) any IPv6 capable app can run over it OOTB.

          2. dev_meme 3y

            And keep in mind that we were no where from ssl becoming wide-spread or whatever but Skype had communications covered with proper encryption There was nothing really centralized besides login server

  8. @mvolfik 3y

    damn, there has to be a Skype sticker pack as well

  9. @pod1425 3y

    :mooning:

  10. @anivaros 3y

    Best Skype smile ever

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