Disable encoding of unicode characters in ASP.NET-MVC3

Question

On my site every text is served as UTF-8.

Since nowadays every browser supports unicode characters, I would like to use them as-is.

The asp.net framework is

Answer 1

I'm afraid that you cannot turn this encoding feature off. This "nice" feature is provided by the WebUtility.HtmlEncode and you cannot influence the encoding.

However with starting .net 4.0 you can customize the encoding behavior, with creating a class that inherits from the HttpEncoder and configure it in the web.cofig HttpRuntimeSection.EncoderType. But you need to implement your own custom encoding logic.

Luckily .net 4.5 ships with a new HttpEncoder which encodes the bad stuff (like