"Unicode" often refers to UTF-8, btw, and not UTF-16. This is because UTF-8 is widely supported on the WWW.
-David Oftedal On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:07:53 +0800 "Zhang Weiwu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Very newbie question: > 1) I noticed when I save a file as "unicode" in Windows 2000, or other editor like >EditPlus, the file begins with FF FE, which looks like UTF16LE. Also it seems to me >when ContentType in a html page is "unicode", IE tends to understand it as UTF16LE. >So it seems UTF16LE is (or was) the standard coding for unicode. > > 2) But on the FAQ on unicode.org, it says UTF16BE is the prefered unicode coding. > > Is it that, when people say "unicode" without UTF, they mean UTF16LE? > > I am going to design a website with unicode. I don't use UTF-8 because most are CJK >text thus UTF-8 html would be too fat. I should use UTF16LE, should I? > > Zhang Weiwu (family name first) ICQ: 173606765 > Netmeeting Server: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 210.36.80.187:1002 > Visit my homepage: http://aliweekly.nease.net -- ����� �����⤵�� �� �� ȳ������ ���� �ѥ�� ��ʬ��
