[srhngpr]

Thanks for the list. I was trying to find it as well.

Serious question: what would sway one to register and use one of the above extensions compared to what's already out there? Other than localized content, I can't imagine typing شبكة would be simple...

Also, شبكة is also relevant in Farsi (Persian).

[dsl]

> I can't imagine typing شبكة would be simple...

It is pretty easy if that is your native keyboard. http://www.foreignlanguagekeyboard.com/images/kbarabic[1].jp...

[mikeash]

"Other than localized content...."

I have a hard time comprehending your question. They've added a bunch of non-English TLDs which are clearly for use by non-English sites, but when you ask why someone would use them, you exclude the obvious use-case out of hand.

Aside from communicating with computers and other humans, what would anyone use the internet for?

[wiml]

Hmm. On my (US) Mac, switch input method to Arabic, hit af;m and get شبكة . So no harder to type than "info" really if you already have your machine set up to switch between Arabic and Roman/Latin keyboard layouts.