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<p>On 2020-11-16 10:36, Tan Tanaka, Dennis via UA-discuss wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This is very
recent…. Anyone else can replicate the user experience (you
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a
href="https://helmstedt.dk/2020/11/how-i-failed-to-make-linkedin-fix-their-broken-url-parser-for-international-domain-names/"
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<p><br>
I was able to reproduce the first bug — LinkedIn cannot generate a
preview for an IDN with U-Labels, like <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://ønskeskyen.dk">https://ønskeskyen.dk</a> , but
can generate a preview for the same URL as A-labels, like
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://xn--nskeskyen-k8a.dk/">https://xn--nskeskyen-k8a.dk/</a> . <br>
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<p>I was not able to reproduce the second bug — LinkedIn can
generate shortlinks for URLs with path parts which are posted in
LinkedIn announcements, but trying to follow the shortlink
produces an error. When I clicked on the shortlink, my browser
delivered me to the original URL with no apparent problem.</p>
<p>I do think this story is a reality check for how difficult it is
for individual customers to get the attention of a business,
especially a big business, about technical and international
matters like Universal Acceptance. I think we must encourage
customers to ask their vendors to fix UA problems. We must,
however, be realistic that this will be like rain on a granite
boulder. There will be no apparent effect for the first many
raindrops. If we wield the chisel of ICANN's name effectively, we
can help the raindrops succeed much faster.</p>
<p>Best regards,<br>
—Jim DeLaHunt, software engineer, Vancouver, Canada<br>
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