Homero A. Gonzalez wrote:
Hello;I agree - partially. I would say we needed a FINAL definition of IDNs, their encoding, nameserver setup and so on. Once these are ready, I am sure that all open source guys around will insert IDNs into their software - say, Mozilla, BIND, sendmail,postfix, and so on and so on... That would solve most of the problems, but it will not happen until the specs are final.
read the latest at
http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/1569231
My personal opinion is that IDN's that work with a plugin that support
only IE and Outlook are useless, and should be renewed forever for free
until they work with all browsers (i.e Internet Explorer, Netscape,
Mozilla, Lynx, All apple browsers, etc..) and all e-mail clients. Not just
outlook.
If they can't be made to work, then a full refund should be granted.
Your thoughts, comments on the subject would be appreciated.
However, one cannot expect IDNs to work on all browsers and e-mail agents: IDNs are not backward compatible, so to say. I would be happy with a simple "it is settled, green light to IDNs" from ICANN (or Verisign or whoever).
- Cs.
