Re: Encourage new browser or use ASCII?

Ben Poplawski wrote:

> On my site, http://benpop.cgweb.us/, the language menu
> http://benpop.cgweb.us/lang/, I make extensive use of Unicode. Someone
> requested an ASCII-friendly page, and I suggested he get a new browser.
>
> Is this asking too much, having persons get an up-to-date-browser? I tend
> toward David Peterson's idea on it: use only Unicode, hoping the user gets
> a
> hint and upgrades so s/he can see it.
Some of us (i.e. me) are less computer-savvy than others. Actually, I have
two IPA/Unicode fonts installed, and I can read many websites that use IPA;
I've even snuck a few IPA chars. into my own website. But I can't read yours
and have no idea why.

> And then again, using Unicode extensively is a real pain in the ***,
> having
> to write ç or whatever a lot.
>
> So, ideas? Should I accommodate non-Unicode browsers or go with my present
> pure Unicode setup?
>
Since you're going to be discussing your languages via email on this list,
you will perforce have to be ASCII-friendly, or you will have many
complaints.  Learn X-SAMPA, or one of the variants(1) that have been
proposed here-- yes it's ugly and awkward, but at least it's readable and
everyone is familiar with it :-))))
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(1) For ex., CSX, which can be seen here:
http://andjo.free.fr/conlang/img/cxschart.gif