[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #32193: Large (custom) resolution emoticons are being shrunk to 12x12

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#32193: Large (custom) resolution emoticons are being shrunk to 12x12
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 Reporter:  justatest47   |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Formatting    |     Version:  4.2
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Comment (by justatest47):

 @pento: thank you for reopening my ticket! I was really sad and
 disappointed when I saw dMpmJ's message which basically told me to shut up
 and accept everything as is because he knows better... pento, you and
 people like you are the reason why Wordpress is so wonderful!
 I don't use a specific code to add custom emoticons. I just have an old
 plugin called Custom Smilies version 2.9.2 which hasn't been updated in
 years. The issue is not however with the plugin because it has worked
 flawlessly for years up until Wordpress 4.2 and 4.2.1. Now basically what
 I did was to add new custom emoticons and reupload and overwrite the
 already existing emoticons found here: /wp-includes/images/smilies with my
 own emoticons after each and every Wordpress update. So I had like a total
 of 40 emoticons. 22 of them had the same file names with the default ones
 (icon_arrow.gif, icon_biggrin.gif, etc) but different custom resolutions
 such as 40x18 for example, which I had to replace after every WP update,
 plus some 18 other emoticons with different file names uploaded by me
 which of course never got replaced after WP updates because they had
 different file names.

 Anyway in short, my custom resolution emoticons are now shrunk to 12x12
 and that makes them hideous. They look really bad. Especially those 40x18
 ones... Is there a way to stop this from happening? Like deleting a .js
 file after each and every future WP update for example? Or maybe you guys
 will be so nice to fix this in your future updates so that I won't have to
 do that instead?


 @joostdevalk to my understanding of what dMpmJ said in his message, its
 you who did this "wonderful" update? No disrespect to you and your work
 but you can't possibly think that everyone needs this. Whats the purpose
 of this to begin with?? What good does it to to enforce a fixed resolution
 of 12x12 ?????? Instead of allowing them to have free custom resolutions.
 If the emoticon files are 12x12 then they will be shown as such and if
 they are 100x30 then let them display as such. Its as simple as that! This
 is only a limitation which has no use whatsoever and you want people like
 me to accept it just because you think its useful.
 Anyway its not my decision and WP is not a democracy where I can decide if
 this is good or not. It will probably remain as is, so instead of arguing
 about it and its usefulness, at least please show me a way to deactivate
 or delete this "wonderful" javascript that keeps forcing my custom
 resolution emoticons to show up as 12x12.

 Thank you

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