Google Hangouts (Classic) questions, specifically about the stickers
September 4, 2019 11:30 AM Subscribe
Google Hangouts will shutdown in Oct. 2019 ... sort of (Ars Technica). Features will get ported to a new system, and there's one thing I want to know about: the sticker packs (screencap). Who made them, what do they represent, and how can I get an archived copy if they go away, short of screencapping each one?
There are two "reaction speech/ thought bubble" "packs," one animated smiley blob pack, and 15 other character packs, each with a range of emotions/ reactions (imgur gallery sampling I just made). The styles are different, and they don't seem to have a 1:1 correlation between the emotions or reactions for each set. My wife and I send them each other, sometimes because they're cute, sometimes because they're weird and we're not sure what they imply.
So with Google Hangouts (Classic) merging into the new enterprise-focused Hangouts Chat, I'm a bit worried these goofy things will go away (they're not readily apparent in this 9to5Google.com promo of the new system/ feature). I have had no luck finding out more about them in prior searches. Can anyone point me to information about 1) who made them, 2) what they represent (are the images or characters named?), and/or 3) is there a way to archive a copy, for nostalgia? Thanks!
There are two "reaction speech/ thought bubble" "packs," one animated smiley blob pack, and 15 other character packs, each with a range of emotions/ reactions (imgur gallery sampling I just made). The styles are different, and they don't seem to have a 1:1 correlation between the emotions or reactions for each set. My wife and I send them each other, sometimes because they're cute, sometimes because they're weird and we're not sure what they imply.
So with Google Hangouts (Classic) merging into the new enterprise-focused Hangouts Chat, I'm a bit worried these goofy things will go away (they're not readily apparent in this 9to5Google.com promo of the new system/ feature). I have had no luck finding out more about them in prior searches. Can anyone point me to information about 1) who made them, 2) what they represent (are the images or characters named?), and/or 3) is there a way to archive a copy, for nostalgia? Thanks!
Response by poster: I can indeed save the images that way, and I don't even have to open Hangouts.Google.com specifically (also works within Gmail). And as a bonus, I get the original file names, which tells me that the emotional state of the given character! Yay! Bunny Party!
If anyone has an idea of who made these images, that would be (viking) money.
posted by filthy light thief at 11:02 AM on September 5, 2019
If anyone has an idea of who made these images, that would be (viking) money.
posted by filthy light thief at 11:02 AM on September 5, 2019
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posted by SoundInhabitant at 2:01 PM on September 4, 2019