Animated MSN Emotions: Bringing Online
Chatting to Life
Animated MSN emotions are
now all the rage. What is it about these
emotions icons that make them so popular? Do
you really need them? How can you get and use
them?
Here are some basic pieces of information
that you should look into before getting your
very own animated emoticons.
Why Get Emoticons
Emoticons have been around for quite some time. The very
first emoticons were the yellow circular smiley faces that you
could insert in online messages. These non-moving smiley faces
later evolved to include other emotions and other colors. At
the beginning though, they were still basically restricted to
small, non-moving images.
From the very beginning, the value of emoticons was obvious.
Many people who communicated online felt that mere words could
not convey their real feelings. In some cases, the contexts of
messages were even misunderstood. This was largely because
message receivers had no way of hearing a message sender’s
voice or seeing his facial expression. Emoticons solved the
usual problems of online messaging by allowing emotional
expression to become obvious. By using emoticons, you have
fewer chances of being misunderstood.
Animated Emoticons
MSN first introduced the plain, non-moving emoticons. In
time however, not even the large collection of these emoticons
were enough to cater to the equally substantial amount of
emotions and personalities that users had. It was only a matter
of time therefore before the first batch of emoticons began to
evolve.
Animated MSN emotions were therefore introduced. As the term
suggests, these are no ordinary stationary emoticons. Animated
emoticons, move, make gestures and even change expressions or
color. There are a couple of advantages to using animated
emoticons. Their main advantage is that they can make messages
even more explicit or clearer to receivers and fun to read.
Another advantage is their ability to communicate sender
personalities and traits. This is probably the reason why many
people opt to get more emoticons to add to the standard
animated emoticons provided by MSN. Having your own chosen sets
of emoticons speak a lot about who you are.
There are so many different kinds of animated emoticon
designs. The most basic are those that are based on the yellow
smileys. You can have a smiley that makes faces, falls down in
fits of laughter, carries signs, makes gestures and more. Other
emoticons have modified on the traditional smiley. Some are not
colored yellow and can wear different costumes or can even have
only one eye. The highly customized animated emoticons can take
the appearance of famous people in entertainment and
politics.
Installation
Some animated emoticons are available for a premium price.
There are however some websites that offer free emoticons. Once
you have decided whether to pay or to get them for free, your
next step is to install. Installation is easy. Most websites
provide their own software to make installation a breeze. All
you have to do is to simply follow their instructions regarding
downloading the software the emoticons package and installing
them.
In general the procedure involves saving the emoticons first
with the software. In the messenger window you can then choose
tools and click on My Emoticons. From the dialogue box, choose
create and then find image. You can then include shortcut keys
for your emoticons.
Free Emoticons
People wonder what the paid animated emoticons are for when
they can get them for free. The difference is that animated
emoticons that you pay for do not come with advertising. Get
yours for free and you also get free advertising.
Animated emoticons are truly a great and fun tool to use.
You should get your animated MSN emotions as
soon as you get your messenger 7.