Re: Screwpull knockoffs? or legitimate copies?

I'l admit that it has been mentioned before but relying on the accurate transmission of currency symbols is unwise especially in a ng with international readership and many different browsers. In general, the best thing to do is to use the standard three letter codes such as GBP, EUR, JPY, USD etc. I know the dollar sign, $, usually transmits properly but it is best to be consistent, IMHO. In any case there is more than one flavor of dollar and, by the time that has specified, you will probably have used at least three characters. Other codes than the ones I gave can readily be found on exchange rate sites such as:

James, it surprised me that the Euro symbol was not transmitted. It _is_ part and parcel of the international keyboard set up. When the Euro became 'standard' I changed over my keyboard.

Dave

Salut/Hi DH,

le/on Sun, 6 Jul 2003 03:19:00 +0200, tu disais/you said:-

Standard? I had an Australian friend ask me whether he should bring Francs Lire, Euro or dollar travellers cheques. So it's not surprising that some US companies don't seem to take the whole business of non American characters seriously. There are 400 (:-))) different systems of encoding, very few applications decode them correctly EVEN whe set up right. It's a good example of why thje present neasr monopoly of the computer market is bad.

fascinating

I'll post after Screwpull BeNeLux calls back.