[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16049: Admin bar ellipsis

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#16049: Admin bar ellipsis
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 Reporter:  GaryJ                              |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)                       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                             |   Milestone:  Future
Component:  Administration                     |  Release
 Severity:  normal                             |     Version:  3.1
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing 3.2-early  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by westi):

 Replying to [comment:7 demetris]:
 > Replying to [comment:4 westi]:
 > > Named entities are so much clearer than magic numbers and ideally
 where a named entity exists it is much more readable to use it.
 > >
 > Using entities at all in the year 2011 is not something I would describe
 as ideal in any way. :-D
 >
 > Why not just start using straight UTF-8 in strings?  I’ve thought about
 it a few times and I cannot see any reason against:
 >
 >  *  It’s not an issue for XML processors
 >  *  It’s not an issue for WP translators (translations are UTF-8 anyway)
 >  *  It’s not an issue for modern text editors
 >
 > Am I missing something?

 It is an issue for sites serving themselves as something other than UTF-8.

 i.e. if the blog charset is set to something else like Big5 or one of the
 GBxxxxx charsets

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