Annoying or not, and as much as I hate to say it...I see a time in the not so distant future we'll be seeing this in newspapers, scrolling under captions on TV, in letters and in standard communication. Preteens thru 20 somethings are now texting heavily...which means in two generatons, it has the potential to move from the new to the norm. yikes Ya know you are gettin old when you say "That music is just a bunch of noise"I said:You may also find it helpful to realise that you're not using a mobile phone, but a PC, and text talk on forums is likely to be seen as annoying at best.