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Re: Using unicode or MBCS characters in forms
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To: www-international@w3.org
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Subject: Re: Using unicode or MBCS characters in forms
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From: "Francois Yergeau" <yergeau@alis.ca>
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Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 19:38:18 -0500
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From yergeau@ns.alis.com Sun Jun 23 19: 40:51 1996
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Message-Id: <199606232340.TAA27773@genstar.alis.ca>
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Organization: Alis Technologies
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> From: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
> Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 04:15:43 PDT
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> Perhaps it's wishful thinking, but the upgrade to 1.1 may also allow
> origin servers to selectively send the "right" labels to 1.1 clients
> even while being bugward compatible with 1.0.
It has long been clear that the default charset in HTTP is both bogus
and detrimental. I tried, to no avail, to have the mention removed
from HTTP/1.0, supposedly informational but giving false information
in that case.
Now HTTP/1.1 will compound the error by making this bogus default a
standard, with absolutely no justification in either current practice
or technical argument. This default should go, and charset be made
compulsory.
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Francois Yergeau <yergeau@alis.com>
Alis Technologies Inc., Montreal
Tel : +1 (514) 747-2547
Fax : +1 (514) 747-2561