Open Bug 453423 Opened 16 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Don't allow setting UTF-16 as the default character encoding

Categories

(Firefox :: Settings UI, enhancement)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Settings UI
Platform:
x86
macOS
Type:
enhancement

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People

(Reporter: jruderman, Unassigned)

Details

Setting UTF-16 as the default encoding is pretty pointless, since it breaks half the Web (see e.g. bug 452934).  I think it shouldn't be one of the options.

Same goes for UTF-32, which isn't used on the Web anywhere at all.

Options -> Content -> Fonts & Colors -> Advanced > Character Encoding
Severity: normal → S3
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