Some reading on IRIs and IDNs

[colecmac at protonmail.com]

On Friday, December 11, 2020 4:58 AM, cage <cage-dev at twistfold.it> wrote:

> I agree! My only concerns is i have the impression that client that
> will not supports IRI will be second class citizen in the gemini
> space, and they will die slowly.
>
> So i think that IRI will be a de facto standard. :/


I do not think this will happen, and if it starts to happen I will
fight against it. I don't think the idea of "de facto standards" fits within
the Gemini ethos at all. It's not supposed to be extensible and clients
aren't supposed go off and do random things while others have to decide
what to do and play catch-up. That is how the Web grew and became more complex,
and it's why we have only a few browsers today.

The ecosystem benefits when we all just stick to the standard, with the perhaps
obvious exception of demos and toys.

Stay united, Gemini!

Cheers,
makeworld