History is made

[wot]

Yesterday, one of the biggest events in the history of the Internet took place; non-Latin top-level domains went live in the DNS root zone. In plain English, you can now type the whole of a domain name in Arabic script. Not just the left of the dot (as in dot org) but the right of it, too. The three new top-level domains are السعودية. (“Al-Saudiah”), امارات. ( “Emarat”) and مصر. (“Misr”). They are country code names in Arabic for Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Egypt.

There is more on other IDN forums- thanks to 555 for the above info.

 

[falkone]

Are you calling me stupid?

Am I? You could just as well be ignorant or lazy. I don't want to judge.

All I said is that you could answer your own question with a little research:

LMGTFY

 

[Michelle]

Please keep this on track and not of a personal nature.

Many thanks

 

[Alex P]

Am I? You could just as well be ignorant or lazy. I don't want to judge.

All I said is that you could answer your own question with a little research:

LMGTFY

I am aware of what languages there are in the world thanks.

Im not sure how my point relates to what languages im aware of.

Please keep this on track and not of a personal nature.

Many thanks

Of course

 

[falkone]

I am aware of what languages there are in the world thanks.

Im not sure how my point relates to what languages im aware of.

Well, it clearly shows that the majority of people is affected by this. So it is rather irrelevant whether or not English speakers are affected. That was your whole point, wasn't it?

 

[wot]

What advantages will this bring to the common English internet user?

Absolute classic statement that simply illustrates what the members are trying to impart to you.

 

[Alex P]

I have god knows how many friends on the net who come from different country's, but all divert to English while speaking on the internet, they do it automatically, so not every user will use this. So the numbers keep dropping, as I said before not the biggest event in internet history.

Though I must admit its nice, it just isn't internet event history making stuff.

That's all my point is.

 

[falkone]

That's all my point is.

And you're missing the point again. Many people do speak English, many don't, many can write or read in latin script, many can't. However people use foreign languages when they've got no other option. Whenever the've got the choice they'll use their native language / script.

If you were from Jordan you'd be talking in Arabic with your Jordanian friends. If you were German the two of us would be talking in German. That's why Arabic sites are written in Arabic and that's why Japanese people type in Japanese keywords at Yahoo.

 

[DnEbook]

What ive been trying to point out, is that really this isn't a massive event in internet history, its a big event for those who will use it but not a massive event in internet history.



Sorry but if that's not calling me stupid what is?

One of my best online friends lives in Jordan but I don't think he will get wind of this, ill ask him and see what he thinks.

You must be joking , the rest of the world in their own language after 25 years of waiting and you still deny this is history changing