Re: IDN problem.... :(

From: Mark Leisher (mleisher@crl.NMSU.Edu)
Date: Mon Feb 14 2005 - 09:35:43 CST

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    Adam Twardoch wrote:
    > From: "Mark Leisher" <mleisher@crl.NMSU.Edu>
    >
    >> The first time a URL is seen, provide a drop-down list of homographic
    >> variants to choose from and let the user determine the valid version.
    >> The chosen form is then used by default from then on.
    >
    >
    > Demanding from the user that he/she needs to know and understand the
    > difference between the Kurdish Q and the English Q is defintiely asking
    > WAY too much from the user.

    Users looking at the punycode forms of the homographic variants won't have a
    problem distinguishing between the two.

    Of course this doesn't really solve the problem. Only simple differences are
    going to be clear to an average user looking at punycode encoded URL's.

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