'Historic' day as first non-latin web addresses go live - Polidicks

[quote=BBC News]Arab nations are leading a "historic" charge to make the world wide web live up to its name. Net regulator Icann has switched on a system that allows full web addresses that contain no Latin characters. Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are the first countries to have so-called "country codes" written in Arabic scripts. The move is the first step to allow web addresses in many scripts including Chinese, Thai and Tamil. More than 20 countries have requested approval for international domains from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann). It said the new domains were "available for use now" although it admitted there was still some work to do before they worked correctly for everyone. However, it said these were "mostly formalities". Icann's senior director for internationalised domain names, Tina Dam, told BBC News that this has been "the most significant day" since the launch of the internet, adding that "it's been a very big day for Icann, more so for the three Arabic countries that were the first to be introduced". Icann president Rod Beckstrom described the change as "historic".[/quote] [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10100108.stm]Source[/url] Still waiting for [url]www.facepunch.مصر[/url]

[url]http://דוגמה.טעסט[/url] (That's hebrew by the way)

[QUOTE=Crhem van der B;21777483][url]http://דוגמה.טעסט[/url][/QUOTE] "Firefox can't find the server at www.%d7%93%d7%95%d7%92%d7%9e%d7%94.%d7%98%d7%a2%d7%a1%d7%98." :saddowns:

So historic... Does anybody in the Mid East even have a computer, let alone internet?

Welcome to the estimation sample. Teast This page is formulated in the masculine for convenience only but is obviously intended for women as well Ah google translate, is there anything you can't do?

[QUOTE=lulzbocks;21777508]So historic... Does anybody in the Mid East even have a computer, let alone internet?[/QUOTE] O hai ther Israel :geno: Edit: Wonky - that translation is absolutely correct. (Yes I speak Hebrew)

[QUOTE=lulzbocks;21777508]So historic... Does anybody in the Mid East even have a computer, let alone internet?[/QUOTE] um yes

I always thought that the first non-latin adresses will be cyrillic. I am dissapointed

[QUOTE=CoolCorky;21777501]"Firefox can't find the server at www.%d7%93%d7%95%d7%92%d7%9e%d7%94.%d7%98%d7%a2%d7%a1%d7%98." :saddowns:[/QUOTE] Works fine for me. [IMG]http://www.cubeupload.com/files/428000ss20100506143910.png[/IMG] It's fucking revers-o-pedia

[QUOTE=lulzbocks;21777508]So historic... Does anybody in the Mid East even have a computer, let alone internet?[/QUOTE] What. Also China has 300 million internet users.

But China is not in The Mid East.

[QUOTE=Laserbeams;21777569]I always thought that the first non-latin adresses will be cyrillic. I am dissapointed[/QUOTE] I personally thought we already [i]had[/i] katakana/hiragana/etc. URLs...

Also, this: [url]http://παράδειγμα.δοκιμή[/url]

Great lets let everyone country use there own language for there address. That's a smart idea. How the fuck am I suppose to got watch hentai now? When Japanese can now use Japanese characteristics.

[QUOTE=lulzbocks;21777508]So historic... Does anybody in the Mid East even have a computer, let alone internet?[/QUOTE] No America and Europe are the only countries with internet no one else has internet :downs:

[QUOTE=Crhem van der B;21777588]But China is not in The Mid East.[/QUOTE] Does that mean they use the Latin alphabet?

My laptop can't see any of that :geno: (other than in the picture and on active links)

[QUOTE=Samuelgames;21777658]Addresses like [url]http://卐.com/[/url] have been there for a while[/QUOTE] Notice that still re-directs to [url]http://xn--zkr.com/[/url] I'm assuming these new addresses don't

[QUOTE=CoolCorky;21777738]Notice that still re-directs to [url]http://xn--zkr.com/[/url] I'm assuming these new addresses don't[/QUOTE] They don't. That hebrew one linked earlier doesn't, anyway.

[QUOTE=lulzbocks;21777508]So historic... Does anybody in the Mid East even have a computer, let alone internet?[/QUOTE] no there too buzy killing american soldiers :downs:

[QUOTE=Ori Child;21777700]My laptop can't see any of that :geno: (other than in the picture and on active links)[/QUOTE] I had that problem (and still do with certain text and programs).

This is not historic. This is a bad idea and will only complicate the internet even more. "hey man, check out www. 'alt 745, 675, 897, 765..." etc.

[QUOTE=Zeke129;21777762]They don't. That hebrew one linked earlier doesn't, anyway.[/QUOTE] It did for me: [url]http://xn--6dbbec0c.xn--deba0ad/[/url]

As long as they have English counterparts so that I don't have to open character map every time I want to go to some weird website, I'm fine with it.

[QUOTE=Panda X;21778372]It did for me: [url]http://xn--6dbbec0c.xn--deba0ad/[/url][/QUOTE] Weirdly, clicking that linked to [url]http://www.דוגמה.טעסט/[/url] these new urls are fucking confusing :psyduck:

[QUOTE=Laserbeams;21777806]no there too buzy killing american soldiers :downs:[/QUOTE] And the Americans are too busy killing reporters

I want a russian domain.

[QUOTE=Zenpod;21779029]And the Americans are too busy killing reporters[/QUOTE] they started it :colbert:

[QUOTE=ProboardslolV2;21778370]This is not historic. This is a bad idea and will only complicate the internet even more. "hey man, check out www. 'alt 745, 675, 897, 765..." etc.[/QUOTE] why are you going to need to go on a site in a foreign language?

[QUOTE=Zenpod;21779029]And the Americans are too busy killing reporters[/QUOTE] And the reporters are too busy... Oh wait they're dead