IDN in Firefox again

It seems that IDNA is only enabled for some TLDs in Firefox by default. For the other ones you don’t just have to toggle some values, you actually have to create new options.

I had to create network.IDN.whitelist.com and network.IDN.whitelist.net and set them to true before I could view any .com or .net IDNA sites without the bloody punycode being displayed. It’s rather stupid.

I’m not saying IDNA should be enabled for all domains by default in Firefox until all the problems are resolved (i.e. dumb registrars who don’t check for phishing domains), I’m just saying that there should be an option to enable IDNA for all domains rather than having to add an option for every TLD.

Firefox is somehow the best free (FOSS) browser still.

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