SNDY - Someone I know is writing a Firefox extension that will search text in the type of text-box that you see on a site like Sajha and do a search and replace. So if you types in ":)", the add-on will lookup a file for the URL of that emoticon, and replace it in the text body with an image like this . It is still in development and is a bit buggy, but if you are interested, I'll let you know when it is out. However, there are a couple of tools out there that let you use emoticons, but they are a pain to use because of too much copy-pasting or because of unstable software. Hope that make sense Simply put, it really is nothing more than automated Find and Replace that you would use in a program like Word or Notepad :) Weekend was good - caught up with some old friends and acquaintances - no topic was spared from the conversation ... he he .. but it was a lot of fun. Then the usual stuff - grocery, cleaning etc. What's new on your end?