I think #2 would be the way to go, don't you think? I kinda like the "click to enlarge". But instead of having a humongous large smiley box, one could think of a smaller box with most used ones and a link to more icons as I have seen in a car forum, which one can make as extensive as one likes, they had page1, 2, 3 etc... Smileys don't take up much space on a server either.

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