well i dont know who came to the idea but this smlies arrangement system sucks!
i ve to spent huors to regroupe and arrange, i am really pissed.

Any specific suggestions on how to do it better? It's all well and good to ask for improvements, but it's hard to implement anything if it's not clear what changes are needed.

well the old layout wasnt bad at all.
right now i find it very difficult to drag or add a smilie one by one. for few smilies its not a problem, but if you have 100 of smilies, its really painful(for my hand :smile: and frustrating.
also it would be great if we can create groups with different purposes i.e. smilies for birthday, sad smilies, .... like vbulletin.

+1 for better emot organization and processing. The uploading process often doesn't do what is expected, and it's chaotic to reorganize emots.

Some potential issues noted here: http://community.invisionpower.com/topic/347527-not-understanding-emoticon-management/

Any specific suggestions on how to do it better? It's all well and good to ask for improvements, but it's hard to implement anything if it's not clear what changes are needed.

I do. Go back to version found on 3.1.4. The manager in 3.0 is totally disfuncational. Yes, you can and will waste hours of time if you have a lot of emoticons.

To me the main issue is the inability to move/delete/activate smileys in bunches.
Before and after main holidays it takes me ages to add/remove smileys.

yes there is no option for hard delting any smileys
it should be there

I do. Go back to version found on 3.1.4. The manager in 3.0 is totally disfuncational. Yes, you can and will waste hours of time if you have a lot of emoticons.

The emoticon manager in 3.1.4 and 3.0 are nearly identical if I'm not mistaken. Did you intend to say 2.3?

The emoticon manager in 3.1.4 and 3.0 are nearly identical if I'm not mistaken. Did you intend to say 2.3?

My mistake. The system used in 3.1.4 is more manageable than the one in 3.2. For large board operators whose community uses a lot of emoiticons, managing them in 3.2 takes a considerable amount of time. It's very inefficient when compared to 3.1.4 and VB.