On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljit...@muada.com> wrote:
> If we really want to do something in this space first of all we need to agree > on the problem, then on the requirements and THEN we can have a useful > discussion. So far the only thing I hear is assertions offered without any > foundation that the current format is problematic, while every personal > computer operating system sold (or given away for free) the past decade can > display it without the need to install additional software. OK, one more time, let me enumerate the problems with the current format. I agree that you may not perceive them as problems, but they are problems for me: 1. I cannot print them correctly on either Windows or Mac. 2. I cannot view them at all on the mobile device with a highly competent web browser with which I do an increasing proportion of my information consumption. 3. I cannot enter the name of an author correctly if that name includes non-ASCII characters. 4. I cannot provide an actual illustrative working example of the use of non-ASCII text in Internet Protocols. I have no problem with people disagreeing on the way forward, but I'm getting a bit short-tempered when I hear people claim that nobody's said what the current problems are. The following are things that I am NOT asking for: 1. Graphics 2. PDF 3. The use of non-English languages in spec text - Tim _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
