Re: [jig] Message Jothan Frakes: Concerted efforts Mozilla to eliminate the IDN Whitelist approach

[Daniel Kalchev <daniel@xxxxxxxxx>]

This looks like very valuable development. Kudos to Mozilla, when they finally 
implement it, that is.

Any idea if other vendors consider similar ideas?

Daniel

Sent from my iPhone

On 04.04.2013, at 17:15, Bart Boswinkel <bart.boswinkel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Dear all,
> Jothan Frakes expressed his regrets for not having being able to participate 
> in the activities of the group and will not be able to do so in future. He 
> also epresses his gratitude for the hard work of the group. 
> 
> He asked me to share with you that Mozilla has made a concerted effort to 
> eliminate the IDN Whitelist approach that they had been using, which governed 
> the presentation of A-Label or U-Label depending upon being listed.
> 
> The new approach that is implemented in upcoming releases is documented here:
> https://wiki.mozilla.org/IDN_Display_Algorithm
> 
> If someone wants to track the status of the implementation, they can do so 
> here:
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=854041
> 
> This will greatly advantage both existing and upcoming TLDs with IDN at any 
> level in the Domain Name (top, second, third, etc), and is part of the 
> preparation in the community for Universal Acceptance.
> Kind regards,
> Bart
>