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Asked: 2026-05-14T01:12:59+00:00

These days web addresses can also include non-ASCII characters. So every modern browser and

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These days web addresses can also include non-ASCII characters. So every modern browser and webserver is ready to handle UTF-8 URI. There is any “con” to use it today? I mean, a lot of people will say “it will break old browsers, bla bla bla”, but since, we assume javascript support, we don’t support more IE6, is it ok if i assume that all modern browsers will be able to handle urls with öäü in the url? Because my application (db, framework, webserver) is full utf-8.

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  1. Editorial Team

    They should handle it.

    BUT: how does the user enter it?

    If you SHOW them in coded form, they are ugly.

    If you show them in “native” form – how would YOU enter a french acccent or a chinese symbol;) Just out of curiosity. I would not know how to 😉

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