> From: Patrick Andries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>People *really shouldn't* ask "Does product X support Unicode version > >>N?" They should be asking questions like "Can product X correctly > >>perform function Y on such-and-such characters added in Unicode version > >>N?" > > This makes for a rather long list of questions if you want to know what > Microsoft supports in a new OS or product release for instance. Well, there is no way to answer a question like "What version of Unicode does Windows XP" support with anything other than a vague summary statement like "somewhere between 3.0 and 4.0" or a bunch of details. And since people tend not to find a vague summary very useful, I'm suggesting we'd all be better off if they simply asked about what specific functionality they need to know about. At least, until somebody comes up with some bright idea about other ways to answer such questions. One other option is to ask what languages / locales are supported, and that is how MS has been documenting things up to now. It's a slightly different question, but it's one that is answerable. Peter Peter Constable Globalization Infrastructure and Font Technologies Microsoft Windows Division
