How to use Yahoo and MSN Smilies in Pidgin

Posted on June 27, 2007 
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How to use Yahoo and MSN Smilies in PidginFor the last 2 years I have been using Gaim for all my Instant Messaging needs (especially Yahoo Messenger). Recently, along with version 2.0, Gaim is no longer Gaim, it is Pidgin. I was happy to see it out of the beta, but something stopped me from using it from the first day. I was so used to the Yahoo Smilies, I just didn’t feel comfortable with the default Pidgin smilies.

Now, that’s not a problem anymore: I have found a theme pack with all the smilies for both Yahoo and MSN. I have found it here, but you can also download it from my website, also (just wanted to be sure I can find it anytime I switch Operating Systems on my computers).

Why would you use Pidgin instead of Yahoo Messenger? How about no advertising, nu stupid buzz (ok, that was then, now you can remove the buzz), the same IM client on Linux and Windows? No IMVs, no Audibles… The same client for every protocol (MSN, GTalk). Yes, you might lose some advantages like Photosharing and file sending, but trust me, you will be a lot happier having them in your email account, to be able to find them from any computer.

Well, you have to test it to understand what the heck I am talking about :)

P.S.: Pidgin is almost similar to a cartoon some of my friends created, which is hilarious and deserves your attention: Pidjin

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34 Responses to “How to use Yahoo and MSN Smilies in Pidgin”

  1. oedip on June 27th, 2007 5:40 am

    n-ai varianta de plug-in pentru versiunea de W?

  2. Bobby Voicu on June 27th, 2007 5:47 am

    You can use the file I have provided: you drag it in the Smiley Themes list tab in Preferences (Ctrl-P). I am using it in windows right now and it’s working great.

  3. George on July 10th, 2007 8:59 am

    In Ubuntu 7.04 it doens’t seem to work. I tried to drag and drop the new smilies theme but nothing happens. I’m using Pidgins 2.0.2.

    Any ideas?

  4. donoho on July 10th, 2007 6:41 pm

    Thanks Bobby

  5. Bobby Voicu on July 11th, 2007 1:30 pm

    @donoho: no problem, Happy I could be of help

    @George: did you try to drag and drop the archive? I dragged the smilies, at first, at to no succes.

  6. Baden Gilmore on July 13th, 2007 11:17 pm

    We use Pidgin as one of our options for ourproduct, “Banner Chats”. It works very well for us!

    Regards,
    Baden

  7. gary on July 13th, 2007 11:47 pm

    THANK YOU finally damn yahoo smilies again.

  8. Bonekhan on July 14th, 2007 1:45 am

    What, forget about the IRC support Pidgin has?

  9. Bobby Voicu on July 14th, 2007 2:52 am

    @Baden: it is a nice product (Pidgin, I mean), without a doubt :D better than the damn YM, with all the bells and whistles, for sure.

    @gary: glad I could help

    @Binekhan: I do not use IRC, never thought about it :D

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  11. Humuhumu on July 14th, 2007 9:56 am

    Thank you thank you thank you! Now I don’t have to hug my mom with weird stubby little arms. I did a search on Pidgin’s first day and nothing was working, so happy to finally have this resolved!

  12. Pensador on July 14th, 2007 10:33 am

    If I add my custom emoticons, will my contacts be able to see them just like in Windows Live Messenger?

  13. Bobby Voicu on July 14th, 2007 11:26 am

    @Humuhumu: glad I could help :) Nice weird-looking site you got there, btw :)

    @Pensador: your contacts will see whatever smilies they use. You cannot control how their programs react. But, if they have MSN, they will see you smilies :)

  14. Peter on August 12th, 2007 12:18 pm

    Thanks Bobby! I’ve been using Gaim for a long time and when Pidgin came along, I really missed all the YIM animated smilies. Now they’re back. Woohoo! Passing along the good news at my blog too.

  15. Bobby Voicu on August 12th, 2007 5:49 pm

    Peter, glad I could help. I really understand what you were going through :P

    THanks for the mention on your blog, btw :)

  16. Peter on August 14th, 2007 10:43 pm

    My pleasure, Bobby. Today I found how to make/edit smiley themes. It’s really easy. Enjoy! http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/SmileyThemes

  17. Make your own custom smileys for Pidgin : Bobby Voicu on August 15th, 2007 12:35 pm

    [...] you already know, I use Pidgin with Yahoo/MSN smileys with for my IM needs. Peter, from TurbulentSky, found out [...]

  18. Valeriu Palos on October 9th, 2007 2:19 am

    Great job! I loved Pidgin ever since I upgraded from the old Gaim, and the only thing bugging me was that my smileys were gone. Well… that’s until I found this post… :)

  19. Bobby Voicu on October 9th, 2007 3:08 am

    Valeriu, glad I could help :)

  20. Andrie on October 15th, 2007 3:40 am

    Updated emoticons pack/smiley theme can be found at http://andreineculau.wordpress.com/2007/10/14/original-emoticons/

    Includes YAHOO, MSN, ICQ6, AIM, GTALK, GADU-GADU Original Emoticons.

  21. Andrian on October 20th, 2007 9:09 am

    Cine stie unde se poate de gasit pack/smiley theme pentru Trillian versia 3.x Pro
    Who knows were i can find pack/smiley theme for Trillian version 3.x Pro

  22. speed-blog on January 3rd, 2008 5:44 am

    Thx for share..

  23. Bobby Voicu on January 3rd, 2008 6:54 am

    happy I could help :)

  24. laura on January 23rd, 2008 7:51 am

    hello this is laura

  25. laura on January 23rd, 2008 7:52 am

    are you there

  26. kats on January 29th, 2008 3:19 am

    i super love this

  27. Bobby Voicu on January 30th, 2008 3:53 am

    @laura: I am here from time to time :)
    @kats: thanks

  28. Sculptor on February 12th, 2008 1:23 pm

    check this out, this set has complated icon sets for icq and gtalk as well :)

  29. Sculptor on February 12th, 2008 1:24 pm

    the link:
    http://andreineculau.wordpress.com/2007/10/14/original-emoticons/

  30. Andrie on March 1st, 2008 8:53 am

    http://andreineculau.wordpress.com/2007/10/14/original-emoticons/

    The Original Emoticons now include Skype emoticons!!!

  31. Trimbak on March 7th, 2008 4:03 am

    works great!!!
    Using Ubuntu 7.04 on 64bit

  32. EddieBear on March 13th, 2008 6:46 pm

    Today I took the leap of migrating from the last version of GAIM to PIDGIN, and felt the same way about its default smileys. Your method of installation couldn’t have been any smoother! Thanks for streamlining an otherwise confusing process! -EB

  33. AmiNImA on March 15th, 2008 6:03 am

    Thanks a lot. I will put the ymessenger in the rubbish bin!
    Pidgin is really comfortable with this emotions!

  34. Chuqui on April 7th, 2008 9:14 pm

    Hi, thanks for your post. I still don’t know how to add any icon / smiley received from a msn user in a chat window.

    Can you help me with that? I often see cool icons and animations, but I don’t know where to save that image so it appears in my smileys set.

    Thanks and regards from Chile.

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