Re: [tlug] html editor :) IBM Homepage Builder

[Jim Breen <jwb@example.com>]

[YAMAGATA Hiroo (Re: [tlug] html editor :) IBM Homepage Builder) writes:]
>> 
>> Usually, you should use iso-2022-jp (=JIS) for web pages and e-mail, 

For email, yes. For WWW pages there is no reason to use iso-2022-jp in
preference to the others.

>> but
>> if you are doing a website for i-mode and stuff, it has to be Shift_JIS.

Yes.

>> Unicode/UTF-8 will be coming, but it's still not popular, and people
>> don't have the fonts. 

Older Netscapes will synthezise a terrible Unicode font when confronted
with a UTF-8 coded page. I agree it's not well supported yet.

Jim

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