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So what do our resident web heads think of this?
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Originally posted by pzz76077 View PostAs I said, it has been available for a while.Comment
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Originally posted by AtW View PostIt was only available if you had additional DNS software on client side, it would not work from other places - new approach would solve it completely.
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Originally posted by pzz76077 View PostWorks fine apparently, just need to use their DNS.
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So it would not work with people from other countries that don't use "their DNS"?Comment
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Originally posted by AtW View Post
So it would not work with people from other countries that don't use "their DNS"?
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Originally posted by pzz76077 View PostI thought the whole idea of Unicode was that you can use any character of any language you like, and whatever character you typed would generate the binary equivalent, thus what you type or see in your browser address line does not have to be in any particular language. From what I can see this seems to be true. I certainly remember seeing Japanese being typed as URL's last time I wast there.Comment
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Originally posted by pzz76077 View PostI thought the whole idea of Unicode was that you can use any character of any language you like, and whatever character you typed would generate the binary equivalent, thus what you type or see in your browser address line does not have to be in any particular language. From what I can see this seems to be true. I certainly remember seeing Japanese being typed as URL's last time I wast there.
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There are a number of local hacks available that will work for individual DNS servers but they are not consitent, and they only work for those users who's DNS is configured to use them. The vast majority of DNS services provided by ISP's, Tier 1,2 and 3 providers and individual organizations *do not* support unicode.
The proposal for IDN ( International Domain Names ) now passed and about to be implemented will effectively mean that every DNS server in the world will need to provide partial unicode support as standard with no further action required by the client.
I say partial because it only applies to the unicode equivalent of the latin alphanumerics, it will not include unicode equivalents of non alphanumeric characters not currently permitted in domain names."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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The spec for Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs) has been stable for ages now, IIRC. What ICANN announced was a fast track process to get a limited number of new ccTLDs in action, so that we can actually get it working in TRW:
With the approval of the IDNC Final Report by the ICANN Board of Directors, ICANN is now at a transition point, focusing on developing implementable solutions to the IDNC recommendations.
- http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/
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I can't see it working reliably anytime soon - they are insane to have agreed this to happen in the first place. SKA will have to support them thoughComment
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Originally posted by AtW View PostI can't see it working reliably anytime soon - they are insane to have agreed this to happen in the first place. SKA will have to support them though"Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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