QID Emoij (was: Re: Wireless Connection Symbol)

[James Kass]

On 2020-05-27 10:50 PM, Kent Karlsson via Unicode wrote:
> Embedding images (whichever one you like and ’you' have access to…) in text can already be done.
>
> In HTML markup it is called ”img” (e.g. ”<img src=’…./eohippus.png’/>”). And there is no real question about which images will will be ”supported”.
>

The point Kent Karlsson makes here is just as valid today as it was when 
it was used as an argument against encoding the first set of emoji in 
Unicode.

It's true that there are proper ways of sticking random images in 
running text.  It's too bad that the emoji user community doesn't seem 
interested in that type of solution.

An underlying question is whether it's better for profit driven 
corporate interests to determine the emoji repertoire, or to let the set 
evolve naturally based on user community desires.

The QID Emoji proposal enables the latter, which is one of the reasons 
I'm in favor of it.

Naysayers will point out obstacles in any such approach.  In the English 
language, anyone who considers any and all obstacles insurmountable is 
referred to as a quitter.