Re: HTML5 Issue 11 (encoding detection): I18N WG response...

On Aug 20, 2009, at 12:29 AM, Andrew Cunningham wrote:

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> Henri Sivonen wrote:
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>> On Aug 20, 2009, at 10:15, Phillips, Addison wrote:
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>>> Setting UTF-8 as a default may produce the dreaded "black  
>>> diamonds" on the screen. But so too choosing the wrong encoding at  
>>> (relative) random.
>>
>> The thing is, the indication of the user's locale is not random  
>> data on a personal computer. It's works rather well when people  
>> read Web pages in their local language and in English, which is the  
>> common thing to do.
>>
> in that case you'd need to implement language specific encoding fall  
> backs rather than geographical fullbacks.
>

Many browsers in fact do this based on the user's primary language  
rather than by geography.

Regards,
Maciej

Received on Thursday, 20 August 2009 07:34:40 UTC