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@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ same or different.
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I propose providing a fixed set of images to use for emoji verification, and
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recommending a fixed layout for display on screen.
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### Changes to the emoji table
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### Including URLs in the Emoji table
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Currently the spec provides Unicode code points of emoji for each
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number 0-63 along with translated names. It also provides this information as
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@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ I also propose that graphical clients SHOULD display these images in two rows,
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centred vertically, with 4 images on the first row and 3 images on the second,
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with the local translation of the corresponding word below each image.
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Unless absolutely necessary, the images will not change, so clients are not
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expected to update them in future, and will probably not bother to automate
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downloads of the images as part of their build process.
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There is no uptime guarantee for the supplied URLs, so clients SHOULD NOT depend
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on them being available when a user needs to use them.
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### Non-graphical clients
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Non-graphical clients or other clients that are unable to use the supplied
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@ -89,8 +96,7 @@ images may continue to use Unicode code points as before.
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I propose taking a snapshot of the relevant images from
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[twemoji](https://github.com/twitter/twemoji) at the time of incorporating this proposal
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into the spec, and freezing the set of images at that time. (Until/unless some
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other MSC requires them to be changed.)
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into the spec, and freezing the set of images at that time.
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These images are attractive and clear.
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@ -98,6 +104,13 @@ These images are provided under the CC BY 4.0 license so may be used with
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proper attribution, which should be added to the spec text and client
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applications.
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### Future changes
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If at all possible, these images will not change. In future, if they need to
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change in an incompatible way, I expect that the verification process will be
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extended to include information allowing clients to negotiate which image set to
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use, but this is out of scope for this proposal.
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## Potential issues
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* If existing clients use Unicode characters to aid accessibility (e.g. for
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