None of today's mainstream Web browsers fully supports Unicode I/O, but they are able to use Unicode at least for display purposes. Does this mean they require the use of special Unicode Web pages? No. In this case, Unicode is used as a conversion and display mechanism, so the same product binary can display text in more languages. Once a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) page's character set is identified, the browser converts it to Unicode and sends wide text directly to the operating system.
On Win32 platforms, Netscape can be set up to use Unicode display (but not input) by editing the registry entry for HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\NETSCAPE\NETSCAPE_NAVIGATOR_INTL. Enter "UseUnicodeFont" for value name field, enter "1" for string field, and then pick an appropriate TrueType Unicode font mapped to Unicode (such as Lucida Sans Unicode).
Spyglass Mosaic
Spyglass acquired some Unicode expertise from Stonehand, an early supporter of Unicode. Also, Accent Software and Alis have added Unicode support to Mosaic.
Flexible C++
Matthew Wilson
My approach to software engineering is far more pragmatic than it
is
theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.
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