Did you really think about your users’ name?

namxam:

I just stumbled upon a really interesting article which discusses the various name schemas used around the world. And although I thought I knew quite a bit about that topic, I never thought about the implications it has on web- and data design.

So if you are developing apps for people fromm various cultural backgrounds, do them and yourself the favor and read Personal names around the world @wrc and think about your forms and fields.

Now that I know all that stuff, I finally understand why I had to clean/modify quite a lot of data by hand in one of my recent projects.

An important topic to think about when validating input from users.

Source: namxam

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    An important topic to...when validating input from users.
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