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But you might be interested to know that as of today, users of IE will be able to use internationalized domain names (IDNs). These are domain names that use non-Roman type—everything from umlauts in German to entirely different alphabets and scripts. Many other browsers are already IDN-capable, including Firefox, but most people in the world use Explorer.
IDNs and Domainers
Speculators are getting into the act. They can see the writing on the wall. While no-one is making much money yet, people are stocking up and waiting for the “explosion.” There’s a lot of activity recently with regard to IDNs:
A special edition on IDNs from Domaining Blog.
A new (to me) website/forum, IDNF (free registration required), devoted to speculative registration of IDNs, with an accompanying informative blog.
Long threads on DNF (for instance this one).
Easy access to tools, for instance encoder-decoders, or version of the Yahoo/Overture traffic tools for the Japanese and Chinese markets.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/idns_and_ie7_and_the_coming_storm/#1803
Thanks Gari from that other forum for showing this to me.
