- From: Keld J|rn Simonsen <keld@dkuug.dk>
- Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 08:26:22 +0100
- To: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>, mduerst@ifi.unizh.ch
- Cc: uri@bunyip.com
Larry Masinter writes: > # And some additional facts: A check on my Mac keyboard (standard > # Swiss German keyboard) and a check through my ECMA registry for > # ISO 646 versions showed that at least the following characters > # can also not be assumed to be widely typeable (not that I want > # to imply "widely" from "Swiss", but I know that the situation > # is similar all around Europe, and probably not better in Asia): > > # "@", "$", "#"(for fragments). > > Are you saying that people who cannot type an Internet email address > (which usually requires "@") should also be considered to be able to > type a URL? > > # Together with "~", these characters may also sometimes be modified > # in gateways and other transports. > > I think we reviewed this carefully and found it not to be the case. I can inform you that this is the case in a number of environments. Keld
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