It has become a custom in the Internet for people to use special characters and symbols to express their emotions. For instance, if a person writes :) it signalizes that he is in a particularly good mood.

 

There is a list of icons that can be used to express your feelings. This icon list is displayed after clicking on the emoticon to the right of the chat input line.

 

 

If you move the mouse pointer over an icon its meaning is displayed in a small window. Clicking on an icon enters it into a chat line. Typing the enter key sends the icon to the person(s) reading the chat.

 

The menu Options – Chat can be used to filter emoticons. You can decide whether emoticons can be used in public conversations, in private chats or in all chats.

 

 

It is also possible to decide whether whether smileys typed as text should be sent to others as icons.