I am a macbook user so I might be able to help a bit..
your first concern,..the right click. if you use 2 fingers to tap on your track pad, that will bring the right click menu. BUT...that only works if you have your keyboard preferences set so that you don't have to click the button below the track pad in order to click. if you have that feature turned off, then you can simply tap your track pad with one finger and that is like a single click. if you tap it with 2 fingers one time, you get your right click menu.
next question: the emoticons will show up all the same. if you click on a smiley, it will post the "code" for the smiley (or emoticon) instead of the actual picture. this is kinda handy because you will get familiar with the codes and then just start typing them instead of looking for them in the menu.
hope i have not confused you more
