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  1. # Session Start: Sun Oct 12 00:00:00 2008
  2. # Session Ident: #whatwg
  3. # [00:00] <Philip`> They're phones, so they're designed to dial numbers, so I guess they have the motivation and resources to do all that work :-)
  4. # [00:03] <tiglionabbit> hm. I know you have to type the hyphons in Japan, but.. what other countries don't follow the 3-3-4 pattern
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  6. # [00:05] <Philip`> What if I want to enter a phone number like 999?
  7. # [00:07] * Philip` (in the UK) usually formats phone numbers like 01234 567890
  8. # [00:09] <tiglionabbit> true, there are local numbers like 411
  9. # [00:10] <tiglionabbit> what I mean to say though is, regardless of how complicated it is, it has been done -- cel phones are a reference implementation
  10. # [00:11] <tiglionabbit> and it can just fall back to a text field otherwise
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  18. # [02:07] <BenMillard> tiglionabbit, my phone doesn't insert punctuation and I'm glad about that
  19. # [02:07] <BenMillard> it converts any 00 at the start into + and that's it
  20. # [02:08] <BenMillard> in my area of the UK, we use (01234) 567 891
  21. # [02:09] <BenMillard> on TV, I see 0800 12 34 56 or 0800 123 456 or 0800 123 4567 and so forth
  22. # [02:10] <BenMillard> the (01234) is optional if your own number starts with the 01234 "area code", hence the parentheses
  23. # [02:12] <BenMillard> as such, <input type="tel"> would need to permit the digits 0-9, parentheses (), hyphen-minus -, and space
  24. # [02:13] <BenMillard> in the USA I know companies often use the letters which appear on the corresponding number instead of the number...
  25. # [02:15] <svl> tiglionabbit: I'd suspect the US is one of the few countries to follow that 3-3-4 pattern. The Netherlands has 06-23456789 (mobile) or 012-3456789 or 0123-456789 (landlines). Australia has 0423-456789 for cell, new zealand has 01-23456789 for landlines, etc.
  26. # [02:15] <BenMillard> svl, and W3C puts dots in international numbers :)
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