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Interesting how a non-latin Top Level Domain renders in the address bar(.みんな) vs how the author writes it in the <script> tag in his article (.xn--q9jyb4c).
by alphachloride 5y ago
Interesting how a non-latin Top Level Domain renders in the address bar(.みんな) vs how the author writes it in the <script> tag in his article (.xn--q9jyb4c).
- tW4r 5y agoYou can even have emojis in your domain using the same technique https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punycode https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punycode
- dillondoyle 5y agoI was going to ask about that domain because when I looked into it ICANN doesn't allow unicode/emoji gTLDs? Which seems to discriminate against non latin languages? http://domainincite.com/18035-why-you-cant-register-emojis-in-gtlds http://domainincite.com/18035-why-you-cant-register-emojis-i...
- CydeWeys 5y agoICANN does allow non-Latin TLDs. The very link under discussion in this comments section uses one. Emojis are something else though.
- ChrisArchitect 5y agothis is common, just how the unicode vs text writing everywhere as a fallback since unicode not always available as much as it is now
- CydeWeys 5y agoYeah that's punycode. The UTF8 version of it doesn't work in all contexts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punycode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punycode