What is ↩?
The iPhone can't render ↩, but I figured if anyone was really curious they'd use Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox or whatever to see it. Sure, the iPod touch and iPhone are great for reading blogs, but nobody would use one without a desktop browser. And every desktop browser can show a real ↩ glyph, right?
Wrong! I don't know if it's a general problem, but my copy of Internet Explorer 7 (on Windows XP SP2) can't render it either.
So here it is, in all it's glory:
Now don't complain that I make no effort to support Internet Explorer users. See? I took a screen shot of TextEdit for you.
I want my ↩!
Curiously, the iPhone and iPod touch are missing the ↩ glyph1. I'm sure it's missing because Apple never thought anyone would use it, but it's being used as a footnote return character by John Gruber, Allen Pike and mx, among thousands2 more.
Apple does respond to feedback, so it's worth asking. If you've got an iPod touch, file feedback here. If you've got an iPhone, the feedback site is here.