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Unicode URL turns into punycode upon website load

Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 10:59 pm
by voltrader
I have an Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) pointing to my website. It resolves without problem when the native characters are entered into the URL, but upon website load, the URL is turned into punycode.

I'm using Firefox.

Is this an Apache configuration issue, a Name Server issue, or something else?

Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:24 pm
by feyd
I would imagine it's a Firefox issue..

Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:48 pm
by voltrader
Hey Feyd

Here are a couple of examples. This won't work if you're using IE6. IDN will resolve correctly in IE7.

Hope you're using Firefox!

This URL displays properly and is not converted into punycode: http://情報処理試験.jp/

This URL is converted into punycode: http://.本格的占い.com/

Strange... I just noticed that when I mouse over the top URL, it displays as native characters, but when I mouse over the second URL it displays as punycode...

Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 12:03 am
by feyd
hmmm.. well.. on page it looks right, but the link, on rollover it's punycode.. :?

but first one works as it should.. dunno. I'll definitely call Firefox now though.

Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 12:22 am
by voltrader
feyd wrote:hmmm.. well.. on page it looks right, but the link, on rollover it's punycode.. :?

but first one works as it should.. dunno. I'll definitely call Firefox now though.
Good stuff. Thanks.