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Usability... for the rest of the planet
Yes, and the world (whoops, the English-speaking and writing world - because nobody else really counts) would be ever so much more secure if URLs were rendered in, say, Esperanto.

I agree that this is a problem, but saying that supporting other character sets is a security issue is a bit disingenuous. The non-English writing world (which makes up the vast majority of the population) has a legitimate beef over the fact that almost no other character set other than roman is supported on the Internet.

Eventually MS IE will have to provide support for other encoding. Good thing that the "alternative" browser makers will have done all of the heavy lifting. Again.
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Now there is a first!  Linux User 147560 | 02/07/05
I was thinking the same thing  rapson | 02/07/05
Hehe  catlord17 | 02/07/05
EXACTLY Dude!  Jeff Spicoli | 02/07/05
Uh oh  NonZealot | 02/07/05
This is just Micro-propaganda  Jeff Spicoli | 02/07/05
So by your logic...  ShadeTree | 02/07/05
Wow  IT Scion | 02/08/05
I knew it....  TechType | 02/08/05
Of course, you're right  Real World | 02/08/05
It's just a smokescreen  rapson | 02/08/05
Disagree...  Anti_Zealot | 02/08/05
When is a feature a flaw?  Richard Flude | 02/07/05
Why don't the same standards apply?  NonZealot | 02/07/05
Running email attachments wasn't a flaw  voska | 02/07/05
It was and IS Stupid. (NT)  Update victim | 02/07/05
I agree  CobraA1 | 02/07/05
It was a benift to me in terms of less phone calls  voska | 02/08/05
And some features aren't thought out before they're implemented  CobraA1 | 02/07/05
What is the solution to allow both?  Richard Flude | 02/08/05
User Ignorance--The Weak Link  Rodney Davis | 02/07/05
easy solution  hipparchus2000 | 02/07/05
Won't work...  htotten | 02/07/05
obviously you didn't read what secunia said  hipparchus2000 | 02/08/05
Man...glad I didn't use alternative browsers...  Grayson Peddie | 02/08/05
Now we will see some GOOD excuses!  TechType | 02/08/05
Backpedalling  rapson | 02/08/05
Usability... for the rest of the planet  OldeTimeGeek | 02/08/05
I have to disagree...  TechType | 02/08/05
No more disingenuous...  rapson | 02/08/05
Hilarious!!  NonZealot | 02/08/05
Maybe I have no sense of humor, but.....  TechType | 02/08/05
Wasn't meant to be hilarious  rapson | 02/08/05
BS  Richard Flude | 02/08/05
IMO, the "MS Bashing" complaints are WAY off-base  kbeartxzd | 03/22/05
Regardless of your side  IT Scion | 02/08/05
User "Ignoragce" is weak link?  stevezd | 03/03/05

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