[UA-discuss] Fun with linkification

[Elaine Pruis]

Interesting that gmail only linked two of Roberto’s examples; all lower
base and all uppercase. More work to be done!

“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 <http://g-20.in/>, or more variations and still get to ”

On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 7:14 AM Ram Mohan <rmohan at afilias.info> wrote:

> 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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