Super User does not detect links which use internationalized domain names

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In my answer here, I was explaining about Internationalized country code top-level domains. Unfortunately, standard links for some reason do not allow users to click on such links.

Such addresses are valid, so I believe that this is a bug which needs to be fixed.

Link to question on SO meta here. Related SO meta question here.

This probably affects the entire stack family and should probably be asked on meta.stackoverflow.com And it'll get more attention there. — Nifle, Commented Oct 1, 2010 at 17:19
@Sathya♦ Why does this have status-completed tag when the offered solution doesn't work in two of the top three browsers? — AndrejaKo, Commented Feb 5, 2012 at 17:00
@AndrejaKo I've tried it in IE9, Firefox & Chrome adding a link to just the domain w/o http works fine i.imgur.com/7JEUz.png — Sathyajith Bhat, Commented Feb 5, 2012 at 17:06
@Sathya♦ OK, I believe you. It could be a problem on my side. — AndrejaKo, Commented Feb 5, 2012 at 17:21

Sathyajith Bhat · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-05 17:07:53Z

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If you add the links via the Insert Hyperlink option present on the toolbar, the links will be converted to punycode & URL encoded.

Example:

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answered Feb 4, 2012 at 18:06

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