Yes, they're working. They don't use normal codes like
or
... but they are there, and I could change them. Also, most smileys put into posts before these are messed up now, so if you see someone say, for instance, Razz in a post, there was a smiley there.
All the extra smilies (Mike's, the signs, etc.) are availabe in posts if you click [more].
Enjoy!