Freaking cool
I know I've said it before and I'm sorry I can't tell you exactly why it it true in this case just yet why but with Notes 8 on Eclipse you have some freaking cool possibilities...
Re: (y) becomes _
I think it's a bug in the chat window display since inserting a space after the emoticon once you have written some more text displays the emoticon.
I did a video of the bug but for some reason Youtube wont convert it so please download it here.
(y) becomes _
Am I the only one where typing (y) in the Sametime chat windows doesn't result in the yes-emoticon but an underscore instead? We're seeing this across the office on Notes 8.0.1 Standard.
Update: Now :-D also turn into an underscore instead of a grin-emoticon and apparently it happens in both ends of the conversation. Restarting the chat doesn't solve the problem.