- From: Shawn Steele <Shawn.Steele@microsoft.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:39:17 +0000
- To: Adil Allawi <adil@diwan.com>, Najib Tounsi <ntounsi@emi.ac.ma>
- CC: "PUBLIC-IRI@W3.ORG" <public-iri@w3.org>
It's been a while since I've taken a look at this document. IMO the embedding display forcing LTR behavior still doesn't match the feedback I've received from many Arabic speakers, though it does seem to fit the expectations of other BIDI speakers. It would appear that some users would be best served by RLE type behavior instead. Unfortunately this appears to be a user preference and appears to be influenced by their life experience, not necessarily tied directly to the content language. Users with strong math or CS backgrounds seem more likely to find the LTR behavior acceptable. If someone's going to read an IRI to someone over the phone, it needs to be in the order they'd read/type it. FWIW: Outside of skilled users, the structure of the actual IRI is opaque. Eg: to a Phd educated user in a different field, www.foo.com means "foo company's spot on the web", somehow reversing the order of the domain. -Shawn
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