The Domain Name Association (DNA) asked Apple yesterday to update its Safari Browser to recognize new gTLD domain names.
Writing on behalf of the Association Executive Director Kurt Pritz in a letter sent to Apple, Mr. Pritz wrote:
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On behalf of the Domain Name Association (DNA), the trade association that represents the domain name industry and the interest of companies that provision and sell domain names, I write to inform you of our concern that Apple has not more quickly adapted its platform to recognize new Top-Level Domain names (TLDs).
You are no doubt aware of the significant changes occurring in the Internet, or more precisely, the Domain Name System (DNS). As of today, 300 new TLDs have already been delegated into the root zone, including .club, .guru, .nyc, .reviews, and .中文网.
We recently became aware of the fact that new TLDs are not being recognized in Apple’s Safari browser, by Apple ID log in software, and by Apple devices, generally.
One example: typing the http://official.guru into the address bar works but typing “official.guru” does not resolve. (Typing “official.com” works with or without appending “http://”). Obviously, the browser should respond in the same way for both .guru and .com names.
Other web browsers such as Firefox and Chrome, and Internet applications such as Twitter, have adapted their platforms to recognize new TLDs and provide a seamless experience for end users.
To notify Apple immediately, one of our member organizations contacted a number of people that witnessed the problem first hand and filed “bugs” at Apple’s trouble ticket system. The “bug number” is 16420986.
We received a reply that the problem had been previously reported and this ticket had been closed. Other tickets have been filed. The problem has been reported cured but then recurs.
Other instances of non-operability have been reported, see http://dave.harris.uno/inept-apple-support-please-specify-a-valid-email-address/.
While we assume these issues have the attention of Apple’s appropriate technical staff, we wanted to ensure appropriate management attention was focused on this problem as well.
The inability of the Apple browser to recognize new TLDs reduces the ability of emerging businesses to participate and compete in the evolving marketplace. More and more new Top-Level Domains are becoming operational each week and Apple’s failure to recognize and resolve new domain names on its company platforms will soon become widely known.
The universal acceptance of all TLDs is an important goal of our membership and is a topic we are addressing with high priority.
The DNA’s Technical Committee would welcome an opportunity to discuss the operation of TLDs with members of your technical team.
Sincerely,
Kurt Pritz
Executive Director Domain Name Association””
We omitted the individuals the letter was sent to.
Also by way of disclaimer I am a Director of RightoftheDot.com which is a member of the DNA.
The letter was reprinted with permission from Mr. Pritz
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Hello MHB,
I and everybody with the contact group wish all GTLD proponents the best of luck. We have decided that the GTLD sector will spurr more direct navigation. Best of luck!
Gratefully, Jeff Schneider (Contact Group) (Metal Tiger)
Jeff
Are you fucking kidding me?
After like 5years busting my balls on the new gTLD’s which by the way I still have no idea how they will do or what the effect on TLD’s like .com will be now you are all in on them?
I have to say that I and everybody in my brain think that the new gTLDs are a great thing as well. They really rock. Everyone should buy as many as they can as they will spurrrrrr more navigation of the direct variety. And that’s what really matters about things that really rock. Best of suck to everyone!
Overall the highest and best use of GTLDs is focusing on direct navigation back to .COM sites. Yes MHB I We are all on GTLD adoption. Sorry for busting your balls,it was all silly illusion, Peace MHB.
Gratefully, Jeff Schneider (Contact Group) (Metal Tiger)
It might be that way for now, but I am 100% certain there will be a trend towards teh new GTLDs. It may take time and there is also no way to predict with full certain how such a big change to the internet is all going to plot out. To make a hard claim such as, GTLDs are best for… is a mistake I think.
I know for sure there will be GTLDs names that will be so catchy, short and neat that they’ll be prefered to any .com. I think that will be the start of new domain name trends.
As long as they don’t give away their inventory through “opt out” robo-registrations to claim high numbers.
Ah, the beauty of open source software (Mozilla Firefox) versus closed systems (Microsoft, Apple.)
Approximately three weeks ago, I was contacted by a registrant who migrated everything from his .com over to his new .UNO domain. After he migrated everything, he ran into a road block – he couldn’t use his .UNO domain to create an Apple ID. I contacted Apple’s General Counsel and iTunes Support and was later informed by our client that he was finally able to create an Apple ID for his .UNO domain. Thank you Apple!