Sunday, December 11, 2016

Emoji Flags

From the BBC:
"Wales, Scotland and England emoji flags set for 2017 rollout"

Emoji flags for Wales, Scotland and England could be introduced to devices next year, the authority on computer text and characters has said. A UK flag is already available on smartphones and other devices. Unicode has recommended the flags are made available from 2017, but it will be up to manufacturers to add the new emojis to their keyboards. It accepted the proposal to add the flags of the home nations and is seeking feedback ahead of the release. Unicode also recommended adding the flags of US states and other territories that are not currently available as standard. Emoji flags already available include those for Ascension Island, St Barthelemy, Curaçao, Diego Garcia and Djibouti. The proposal for a new range of emoji flags was submitted by Jeremy Burge of Emojipedia and BBC Wales' head of social media, Owen Williams.  The flag for Northern Ireland has not been included in the proposal as it does not have official status, although it is included in an unrelated proposal asking Unicode to adopt "regional indicator" emojis.

^ I could swear I have seen Scottish, Welsh and English emoji flags already - along with the US states. ^

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-38267886

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