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First Non-Latin TLDs Go Online Today

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the is-klingon-in-there dept.

eldavojohn writes "ICANN today switched on the country code top level domains for Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, which are the first non-Latin TLDs available and are also fully readable right to left. Slashdot does not support them but you can find the TLDs in the BBC article. ICANN said it had 21 more requests for TLDs in 11 different languages. A quick note — if you do not have the language packs installed, you may experience unpredictable browser behavior in the URL bar. Right now countries like China and Thailand have implemented workarounds to achieve the same effect."

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  1. Re:Non-latin TLDs? by drachenstern · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not to feed the trolls, but since you're registered: It's called a link. Imagine that.

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  2. Re:Fragmenting and such... by TheRaven64 · · Score: 0, Troll

    They're waiting for him on the Internet. Why do you think he's on Slashdot?

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  3. Re:Where can you register? by vbraga · · Score: 0, Troll

    For Saudi Arabia SaudiNIC is the place to go. But I believe you need some kind of local ID to register a domain.

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  4. Re:Fragmenting and such... by jhol13 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Go fuck yourself and keep your elitist views outta here ja se on sama ruottiksi.

  5. Re:Really? by jgagnon · · Score: 0, Troll

    Better... redirect it to a government site in Israel.

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