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Yes, you can use most Unicode in a domain name these days, by using Punycode, but not all browsers support it. In this case, "xn--h4haaaa.ws" displays as "️️️️️
by playpause 7y ago
Yes, you can use most Unicode in a domain name these days, by using Punycode, but not all browsers support it. In this case, "xn--h4haaaa.ws" displays as "️️️️️<5x skull-and-crossbones emoji>.ws" in certain browsers, including iOS Safari.
This site is using a bit of clientside JS [1] to automatically redirect the user from "xn--h4haaaa.ws" to "pixelpirate.club" and vice versa, depending on if your browser supports "Emoji domains" [2].
[1] https://github.com/jonroig/emojiurlifier https://github.com/jonroig/emojiurlifier
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoji_domain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoji_domain
- jtbayly 7y agoThanks. I suspected the redirect I saw might be related to that since the domain name above obviously wasn’t the same thing I was seeing.