Peter Kirk scripsit:

> Since there is plenty of good and free browser software available which 
> does support UTF-8, perhaps servers should start assuming that browsers 
> can support it, and that will gently encourage software vendors and 
> users to upgrade. 

Alas, we are in a cleft stick: almost all users are now using a
browser that is not going to be upgraded, short of replacing their
operating system.

> Anyway, isn't this the way W3C standards are going? I thought they were 
> moving to XML compatibility which implies UTF-8 support. Browsers which 
> can't  support the latest W3C standards will surely become obsolete very 
> quickly.

Technically obsolete does not mean dead.

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