Tech Advisor - UK (2020-06)

14 TECH ADVISOR • JUNE 2020

WINDOWS 10

blog post, fave.co/3cUmeyj.) It’s very likely that

we’re seeing the end of the road for Microsoft’s tiled

interface, and a return to a more icon-driven UI.

New emoji and kaomoji

Even though it’s not forced upon you, the emoji/

kaomoji keyboard that’s accessible via the Win+;

shortcut is one of the more useful additions to Windows

over the past few feature releases. Now, there are a few

new additions to the pane, courtesy of Emoji 12, with

icons that include an otter, ballet shoes, and more.

Kaomoji – more complex representations of various

symbols that combine punctuation marks – have been

enhanced as well. So while the basic kaomoji include

representations of the ‘shruggie’ , ̄\_( )_/ ̄ there’s

also been some new additions including the wizard

( ^o^) and whatever this is: _. The emoji toolbar

The new Emoji 12

emoji include this ice

cube, which can be

handy in discussions

of... climate change?

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14 TECH ADVISOR • JUNE 2020

WINDOWS 10

blog post, fave.co/3cUmeyj.) It’s very likely that

we’re seeing the end of the road for Microsoft’s tiled

interface, and a return to a more icon-driven UI.

New emoji and kaomoji

Even though it’s not forced upon you, the emoji/

kaomoji keyboard that’s accessible via the Win+;

shortcut is one of the more useful additions to Windows

over the past few feature releases. Now, there are a few

new additions to the pane, courtesy of Emoji 12, with

icons that include an otter, ballet shoes, and more.

Kaomoji – more complex representations of various

symbols that combine punctuation marks – have been

enhanced as well. So while the basickaomoji include

representations of the ‘shruggie’, there’s

alsobeensome new additionsincludingthe wizard

and whatever this is:. The emoji toolbar

The new Emoji 12

emoji include this ice

cube, which can be

handy in discussions

of... climate change?

_.