Comments on: Unicode (used creatively) makes your Tweets go further http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/08/20/unicode-tweets/ Adventures in web and mobile globalization Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: F Wolffhttp://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/08/20/unicode-tweets/comment-page-1/#comment-31260 F Wolff Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:31:16 +0000 http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=2056#comment-31260 I guess this fits in with the idea that twitter is really only for people to say something, but not for anybody to actually read anything. Let's think about accessibility and what a screen reader will do with this. I'm wondering if inserting an RTL character in between will cause a surprise somewhere. Of course, whereas all-ASCII messages can be encoded quite small in cell phones, anything with this character repertoir will actually end up being substantially longer, apart from device support in terms of fonts likely to be a worse than on a desktop. I guess this fits in with the idea that twitter is really only for people to say something, but not for anybody to actually read anything. Let’s think about accessibility and what a screen reader will do with this. I’m wondering if inserting an RTL character in between will cause a surprise somewhere.

Of course, whereas all-ASCII messages can be encoded quite small in cell phones, anything with this character repertoir will actually end up being substantially longer, apart from device support in terms of fonts likely to be a worse than on a desktop.

]]> By: Neijhttp://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/08/20/unicode-tweets/comment-page-1/#comment-31220 Neij Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:17:33 +0000 http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=2056#comment-31220 Nice idea, but wouldn't this totally mess up Twitter's search function (and related useful stuff such as Twitterfall)? On the other hand I suppose using ad hoc abbrvtns would have the same effect... Nice idea, but wouldn’t this totally mess up Twitter’s search function (and related useful stuff such as Twitterfall)? On the other hand I suppose using ad hoc abbrvtns would have the same effect…

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