Re: Problems of Internationalized Mail Address eXtensions (IMAX)

At 00:19 03/03/03 +0000, Adam M. Costello wrote:

> > The IDNA spec says: ``ACE labels are unsuitable for display to
> > users.''  But that is not true: They are perfectly suitable for
> > display to users who don't know the Unicode characters encoded within
> > an ACE label.
>
>Yeah, somehow that idea didn't make it into the spec.  I don't remember
>if that was deliberate, or merely because we never thought to put it in.

I guess it was deliberate. I think it was very important to
make clear that IDNA was developed for the users who would
actually want to see the real stuff. And I'm not sure that
ACE are 'perfectly suitable' for users who don't know the
characters. I don't think humans are good at dealing with
random sequences of characters, even if it's characters they
are familiar with. My guess is that sooner rather than later,
you will find out for yourselves.

Regards,    Martin.