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Schmaili 8.41 - Smiley Tool

From Heinz Tschabitscher,
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The Bottom Line

Schmaili makes it easy to enter funny animated smileys in your emails. It comes with tons of categorized emoticons and you can add your own, too. You can even use the smileys inserted with Schmaili to find out whether your email has been opened yet. Unfortunately, this fact is hidden from recipients.
Pros
  • Schmaili comes with lots of funny smileys to use in your emails
  • A simple and accessible tool, Schmaili is easy to use
  • Schmaili lets you use the smileys to find out when your email has been opened
Cons
  • Schmaili does not make the use of tracking transparent to recipients
  • The alt text (shown in plain text emails) inserted by Schmaili should be plain text smiley
  • Schmaili's interface could need some polishing, search

Description

  • Schmaili lets you insert smileys into email messages easily.
  • Sits in system tray until hovered over or clicked with the mouse.
  • Upon a click, Schmaili inserts the selected smiley in the HTML email message and closes again.
  • Schmaili requires composition of emails in HTML, the smiley is attached.
  • Keeping track of the smileys you use, Schmaili gives you speedy access to the most often inserted.
  • You can add your own smileys to Schmaili, which also includes a "Smiley Generator".
  • Schmaili lets you use the inserted smileys to get a notification when the email is opened.
  • Works with Outlook Express, Outlook, Netscape, Mozilla, Mozilla Thunderbird and IncrediMail.
  • Schmaili supports Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/3/XP.

Guide Review - Schmaili 8.41 - Smiley Tool

I like the minimalist simplicity of plain text smileys (they allow me to hide my lack of creativity I am ,-) , but the animated smileys of Schmaili have a lot going for them, too. They are decently drawn and they are graphics, they are cute, funny and, well, animated.

Schmaili makes it really easy to insert these great graphical smileys in email messages. It takes just one click and maybe two or three seconds. The smiley is attached as a tiny animated gif, so there's nothing to be downloaded from a remote server on the recipient's end — at least not usually.

A special feature of Schmaili allows you to use the smileys as tracking devices, telling you when (or if) your email has been opened. Since this tracking is not visible to the recipient, this is a questionable feature, though. Well, you don't have to use it. You can add your own smileys instead, or marvel at the impressive and nicely categorized collection that Schmaili comes with.

Unfortunately, Schmaili uses a generic "alt" text for all smileys instead of a (more or less appropriate) plain text smiley equivalent. Schmaili's user interface could also need some polishing, and keywords in combination with search might make it easier to find certain emoticons. Schmaili does collect your most often used smileys for quick access, though.
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