FAQ - General

Will PULPchat work with my language / character set?

Yes. Because PULPchat uses standards-based HTML 4.0, the character set can be chnaged to any supported by the browser. Most PULPchats use the standard iso-8859-1 setting, while other PULPchats, like one used in Bangkok, Thailand, is set to windows-874 which renders all of the funny looking (to me) little thai characters.

PULPchat is one of the first chat applications that was designed for international use. Because it uses the power of each user's browser to determine the settings for each locale, people are able to use different character sets in the same PULPchat. For example, if you visit a PULPchat where people are sending messages in Thai, you can just as easily talk to anyone who knows English because PULPchat will also render the chraracters from your English keyboard.

In addition, PULPchat uses simple text files that are used as language templates. We already have language templates in German, Dutch, Spanish, French, and Russian. If you require a PULPchat in a particular language, just ask us!


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