- From: Larry Masinter <masinter@adobe.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 00:31:54 -0800
- To: Shawn Steele <Shawn.Steele@microsoft.com>, Adil Allawi <adil@diwan.com>, Najib Tounsi <ntounsi@emi.ac.ma>
- CC: "PUBLIC-IRI@W3.ORG" <public-iri@w3.org>
Shawn, I'm not sure what part of the Bidi IRI spec would be affected by your comments.... could you be more specific about which section it refers to? Thanks, Larry -----Original Message----- From: Shawn Steele [mailto:Shawn.Steele@microsoft.com] Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 8:39 AM To: Adil Allawi; Najib Tounsi Cc: PUBLIC-IRI@W3.ORG Subject: Bidi Doc 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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