Re: Embedded Content

Thanks for the pointer, Nick. I didn't realize it was that messy...

Ivan

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> On 15 Oct 2014, at 02:01, Randall Leeds <randall@bleeds.info> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Nick Stenning <nick@whiteink.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014, at 18:58, Doug Schepers wrote:
>> > Hi, Rob–
>> >
>> > Small comment...
>> >
>> > On 10/14/14 12:08 PM, Robert Sanderson wrote:
>> > >
>> > > And my concerns with characterEncoding:
>> > >
>> > > 4.  The encoding should be UTF-8 regardless.
>> >
>> > UTF-8 is not always sufficient. For some Asian scripts, you sometimes
>> > need UTF-16.
>> 
>> UTF-8 can encode any unicode code point. UTF-16 may be more space
>> efficient for Japanese, Chinese, Thai, characters, but you don't "need"
>> UTF-8 in order to encode those scripts.
>> 
>> But Doug probably knows things I don't. Do some user agents not support
>> asian script codepoint entry in UTF-8?
> 
> In case anyone loves reading about these things: https://mathiasbynens.be/notes/javascript-encoding

Received on Wednesday, 15 October 2014 05:08:07 UTC