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How much are emoji and non-ASCII used in Geminspace over all?
I'm currently trying to allow WebTVs to use Gemini, and one major limitation is that it only supports ASCII and a subset of Windows-1252. I'm can use Twemoji in my proxy to substitute emoji, and Unifont for other things in the basic multilingual plane.
How much stuff would that miss? Text presentation emoji-like things might be missed unless in the basic multilingual plane, and Twemoji likes turning text presentation characters into emoji.
Mar 29 · 5 months ago
I think it's used a lot but nothing critical. What's a webtv anyway?
i second the question. whats webtv?
🚀 Sgeo [OP] · Apr 05 at 15:52:
WebTV was a device and ISP from the late 90s that allowed people to use the web from their TV, without a computer. It had a limited understanding of HTML and low resolution. But people could use emails, listen to music in the background as they surfed the web, etc.
There's a revival community that set up servers to replicate the service, which works with both the original boxes and with WebTV simulators that the company (and then Microsoft) provided to people.