I understand it's a low priority... I'd like to get the old smilies back first myself. I was just wondering if it was technically feasible now (I seem to recall server load being a worry before). Thanks for looking into it!
I'm not sure you understood me: I don't know if it's "feasible". This server has more horsepower - that's readily evident from the performance when it's behaving - but I have no idea if that's something we'd want to do or what the impact would be. (It's going to depend
a lot on how it's written, how it's accessed, and whether or not it's got limits on it to prevent abuse.)
You're better off looking at a third party service for this. I don't foresee it being a feature we pursue even in the medium term. I won't say "never" - I don't have that authority - but again, resources wise, there are significantly higher priorities.