[UA-discuss] Fun with linkification

[Ram Mohan]

I agree with you. Making programmatic and algorithmic decisions based on
the case of a domain name not only is a path to confusion, but is also
misaligned with case folding and other techniques in long use in the DNS.

On Fri, Dec 7, 2018, 1:46 PM Roberto Gaetano <roberto_gaetano at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all.
> I have mixed feelings about linkification but I believe that, if
> implemented, it should be done without second-guessing or restrictions to
> the form “*.TLD” - otherwise we take the risk of doing what SW programmer
> did in the past, and that is at the root of the current UA problems, i.e.
> making assumptions based on the existing formats forgetting that new
> formats might be introduced as long as they comply with protocols.
> Let me give an example. If I can type in a browser g-20.in, or G-20.in,
> or G-20.In, or G-20.IN, or more variations and still get to the same web
> site it would be wrong to introduce differentiation in linkification when
> those do not exist for the browsers.
> Moreover, the same considerations should apply to IDNs.
> Cheers,
> Roberto
>
>
> On 07.12.2018, at 10:40, Andre Schappo <A.Schappo at lboro.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>
> With Respect To the auto linkification:
>
> It seems to me that auto linkifying only a correctly formed lower case
> ASCII domain name would solve cases such as the G-20 example, below.
>
> Actually the same auto linkifying principle could be applied to Cyrillic
> domain names and possibly other scripts that have case.
>
> André Schappo
>
> On 6 Dec 2018, at 18:05, Elaine Pruis <elainepruis at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This thread on twitter is telling.
> https://twitter.com/hoverbird/status/1070142045140877312
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 1:32 PM Ram Mohan <rmohan at afilias.info> wrote:
>
>> To be clear, Twitter did it right.
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 5, 2018, 7:19 PM Elaine Pruis <elainepruis at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm really hoping this doesn't make Twitter rethink their plan to expand
>>> the list of TLDs that get linkified!
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 10:14 AM Asmus Freytag <asmusf at ix.netcom.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 12/5/2018 8:31 AM, Mark Svancarek (CELA) via UA-discuss wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/nation/2018/12/05/rudy-giulianis-typo-became-an-anti-trump-message-he-blamed-twitter-this-atlanta-man-pranked-him/
>>>>
>>>> An instant classic.
>>>>
>>>> A./
>>>>
>>>
>
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