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Re: [LUG] Symbols included in URLs...

 

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 04:41:38PM +0100, Grant Sewell wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:51:51 +0000 (GMT)
> JOHN DAVEY wrote:
> 
> > I was thinking about this the other day so I googled it and aparently
> > soon it will be possible to use (if it's not already) symbols in web
> > addresses. So no longer will one have to type 'linux' you could
> > simply drag the picture of a penguin into the browser and it will
> > take you to www.linux.com....I guess it'll work something like that
> > anyway.....
> 
> Sounds interesting.  Where did this come from?  Any links?

There’s IDN, which allows encoding Unicode characters in domain names
(and displaying them as ascii if the characters can’t be displayed). If
there’s a unicode symbol of a penguin, then it’s perfectly possible
(there’s certainly a unicode snowman).

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