You know how in Slack, you can type :face_with_rolling_eyes:, and it will give you 🙄?
This is a Chrome extension that basically does the opposite of that on the webpages you visit. When the extension finds an emoji, it replaces the emoji with the text-based equivilent.
For example:
- ❤️ becomes
:heart: - 🙀 becomes
:scream_cat: - 🫠 becomes
:melting_face: - ✨ becomes
:sparkles: - 🕴️becomes
:man_in_business_suit_levitating:
Et cetera, you get the picture. Or well... you don't. You get some text instead of the picture. That's the whole point.
:warning: I haven't submitted this to the Chrome Web Store — it was just a fun weekend hack!
- Download this repo.
- Open
chrome://extensions/ - Activate "Developer mode" in the top right.
- Click "Load unpacked"
- Select the "Source" folder you downloaded.
- Have fun!
:tada:
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So wait, why did you make this?
:shrug: Why not?
Will this slow down my web experience?
Yes, probably. Especially if you visit an emoji-heavy page like this one.
Does this really replace every single emoji?
Probably not? It's likely I missed something. Feel free to open an issue if you notice something wrong.
How do I uninstall it?
Just select "Remove from Chrome..." like you would for any other extension.
- I forked this from Eric Bailey's classic Millennials to Snake People repo, which itself is a fork of Cloud to Butt.
- The emoji list and short names were sourced from Emoji Data.