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> Show a country flag in the URL bar based on the language/alphabet of the URL Languages are often spoken in more than one country. Should amazon.com fly the U
by Freak_NL 10y ago
> Show a country flag in the URL bar based on the language/alphabet of the URL
Languages are often spoken in more than one country. Should amazon.com fly the Union Jack or wien.gv.at a German flag? I don't think a Russian flag for Cyrillic would be appreciated in Ukraine either.
Scripts (e.g., Latin, Cyrillic, Hangul) could get their own signifier or symbol, but that does mean disallowing (or discouraging) mixed script domains — which may not be a bad idea.
Perhaps certain scripts should be limited to certain CCTLDs and generic TLDs so that the demo URL would be disallowed in .com, but permissable in .cyrl, which in turn disallows any other scripts (including Latin). It might solve the phishing angle.
It would also solve complex cases such as Japanese (which would require Chinese characters, katakana, hiragana, and some Latin characters; perhaps the full-width set?). Perhaps put those under .日本 and allow only Latin characters under .jp.
Technically feasible, though politically untenable.