Non-Latinate Characters Coming In Domain Names
October 26th, 2009
So says ICANN. How long will it be before we start seeing phishing scams for visiting Microsoƒt.com?
And, more importantly, how many people will fall for it?
All joking aside, this could open up a huge jug of hurt for end-users. End-users have become completely used to a basic basic Latin character set & are wholly unaware of the variations that can occur. Whilst my example above is blindingly obvious, less obvious examples—such as using the dot-less ‘i’ in Turkish— could cause no end of problems. Don’t get me wrong, this is a necessary step; it’s merely a question of how we cope with the change.
2 Responses to “Non-Latinate Characters Coming In Domain Names”
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Alex Says:
October 26th, 2009 at 03:46 PM
the users have become used to ASCII, because there was no alternativ. And they become used to use something like ‘ae’ for an รค which is nearly like a rape of the language.
It makes me sad when english users only see there view of the world and ignore the rest of the world….
Ray Drainville Says:
October 26th, 2009 at 04:08 PM
Dear Alex,
Don’t pity native English speakers too much—we’ve had the run of the world for some time now :)
Best,
Ray